Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

Explaining a classmate's failed exam by saying "she is lazy" is an example of:

  1. AA situational (external) attribution
  2. BA dispositional (internal) attribution
  3. CA conformity response
  4. DA self-serving attribution
2.Easy

Realistic conflict theory explains hostility between groups mainly as a result of:

  1. AMere membership of a group
  2. BCompetition for limited resources
  3. CPersonality traits of group members
  4. DA lack of contact with others
3.Easy

A person's overall evaluation of their own worth is called:

  1. ASelf-efficacy
  2. BSelf-esteem
  3. CSelf-awareness
  4. DSelf-concept
4.Medium

Burger's 2009 partial replication of Milgram stopped at 150 volts for ethical reasons. What did it find?

  1. AObedience was similar to Milgram's at that point
  2. BObedience was far higher than in Milgram's study
  3. CWomen nearly always refused to continue
  4. DAlmost nobody obeyed in a modern sample
5.Medium

According to Latané's social impact theory, social influence increases with the strength, immediacy and:

  1. AIntelligence of the target
  2. BAge of the target
  3. CNumber of the sources
  4. DGender of the sources
6.Medium

Everyone laughs at a comedian, Sam laughs at this comedian but at no others, and Sam always laughs at her. Using Kelley's covariation model, the cause is most likely:

  1. ASam's personality
  2. BChance circumstances
  3. CThe comedian
  4. DSam's mood that night
7.Hard

Festinger and Carlsmith paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell others a boring task was fun. Who later rated the task as more enjoyable?

  1. ANeither group changed its rating
  2. BBoth groups rated it the same
  3. CThose paid $1
  4. DThose paid $20
8.Hard

In Milgram's study, the shock level rose in small 15-volt steps. Why might this gradual increase have raised obedience?

  1. AParticipants did not notice that the voltage was changing at all
  2. BEach small step made stopping harder to justify, like foot-in-the-door
  3. CIt reduced the pressure coming from the experimenter's instructions
  4. DSmall steps meant the shocks felt exactly the same to the learner each time

Answer key

  1. 1. B · A dispositional (internal) attribution
  2. 2. B · Competition for limited resources
  3. 3. B · Self-esteem
  4. 4. A · Obedience was similar to Milgram's at that point
  5. 5. C · Number of the sources
  6. 6. C · The comedian
  7. 7. C · Those paid $1
  8. 8. B · Each small step made stopping harder to justify, like foot-in-the-door

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