Social psychology worksheet with answers

Helping another person without expecting anything in return is called:

1. AAltruism
2. BSocial exchange
3. CCompliance
4. DReciprocity

Blaming an innocent out-group for one's own frustrations and problems is called:

1. AGroupthink
2. BReactance
3. CSocial loafing
4. DScapegoating

In Milgram's obedience study, about what percentage of participants went to the maximum 450-volt level?

1. AAbout 25%
2. BAbout 5%
3. CAbout 65%
4. DAbout 95%

Exposing people to weak arguments against their view, along with rebuttals, makes them more resistant to later persuasion. This is:

1. AThe sleeper effect
2. BReactance theory
3. CThe elaboration likelihood model
4. DInoculation theory

Adorno and colleagues linked prejudice to an "authoritarian personality". This personality was thought to develop from:

1. AA permissive upbringing with very few rules or limits
2. BCompetition for jobs and housing in adulthood
3. CA strict, harsh upbringing with conditional love
4. DMembership of trivial or minimal groups

People overestimate how often a minority group performs rare negative behaviours, because two distinctive things seem to go together. This is:

1. AOut-group homogeneity
2. BThe just-world belief
3. CThe halo effect
4. DIllusory correlation

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

1. AIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
2. BIt rose to every participant obeying
3. CIt was exactly the same as at Yale
4. DIt fell to almost zero

In the Clarks' doll studies, many Black children preferred a white doll and described it as "nice". This research was cited in a US court case because it suggested:

1. ASegregation harmed Black children's self-image
2. BDoll preferences are fully innate
3. CYoung children have no racial awareness
4. DSegregated schools improved self-esteem