Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

  1. AIdentification
  2. BCompliance
  3. CConversion
  4. DInternalisation
2.Easy

A car dealer agrees a low price, then adds extra costs once the buyer has committed. This is the:

  1. AScarcity technique
  2. BDoor-in-the-face technique
  3. CLow-ball technique
  4. DFoot-in-the-door technique
3.Easy

Which researcher found that cyclists rode faster when racing against others than when riding alone, in an early study of social facilitation?

  1. AMuzafer Sherif
  2. BBibb Latané
  3. CRobert Zajonc
  4. DNorman Triplett
4.Medium

The self-serving bias is the tendency to:

  1. AAttribute successes to ourselves and failures to external factors
  2. BRecall only negative information about ourselves, especially after failure
  3. CUnderestimate our own abilities
  4. DAttribute others' failures to bad luck
5.Medium

Research comparing American and Indian participants found that the fundamental attribution error was:

  1. AExactly the same in both cultures
  2. BStronger among Indians, who live in a more collectivist culture
  3. CAbsent in American participants
  4. DStronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
6.Medium

Deindividuation refers to:

  1. ALoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
  2. BThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence
  3. CBecoming more individual when alone
  4. DChoosing not to join any group
7.Hard

Reactance theory predicts that when people feel their freedom is threatened by a persuasive message, they will:

  1. ABe motivated to do the opposite of what is urged
  2. BIgnore the message entirely, without any emotional reaction
  3. CComply more strongly
  4. DForget the message immediately
8.Hard

Festinger studied a group that predicted the end of the world on a certain date. When the prophecy failed, many members:

  1. ABecame more committed and tried harder to recruit
  2. BWithdrew from contact with all outsiders and the media altogether
  3. CImmediately abandoned the group and its leader
  4. DAdmitted publicly that they had been foolish

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Internalisation
  2. 2. C · Low-ball technique
  3. 3. D · Norman Triplett
  4. 4. A · Attribute successes to ourselves and failures to external factors
  5. 5. D · Stronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
  6. 6. A · Loss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
  7. 7. A · Be motivated to do the opposite of what is urged
  8. 8. A · Became more committed and tried harder to recruit

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