Social psychology worksheet with answers

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

1. AGroupthink
2. BDeindividuation
3. CSocial loafing
4. DSocial facilitation

Going along with a group in public while privately disagreeing is called:

1. AConversion
2. BCompliance
3. CInternalisation
4. DIdentification

Cognitive dissonance is:

1. ADiscomfort from holding conflicting beliefs or behaviours
2. BA disorder of perception
3. CForgetting information that conflicts with existing memories
4. DAgreeing with a group

In Asch's impression studies, changing one word in a list of traits from "warm" to "cold" greatly changed the overall impression. This suggests "warm" is a:

1. APrimacy cue only
2. BStereotype
3. CPeripheral trait
4. DCentral trait

In Hofling's hospital study, a "doctor" phoned nurses and told them to give a dose of an unfamiliar drug that exceeded the label's maximum. Almost all the nurses started to comply. This shows:

1. AConformity to a group of peers
2. BObedience to authority in a real-world setting
3. CInformational influence from the drug label
4. DSocial loafing among hospital staff

Tom says he tripped because the floor was wet, but when he sees someone else trip he thinks they are clumsy. This is the:

1. AActor–observer bias
2. BFalse consensus effect
3. CSelf-serving bias
4. DHalo effect

Which variation in Asch's study reduced conformity most dramatically?

1. AMaking the task easier
2. BHaving participants answer first
3. CIncreasing the majority from 3 to 15 people
4. DOne other confederate giving the correct answer

A prejudiced person explains an out-group member's kind act as "just luck" or "he was forced to" but explains an out-group member's crime as "that's how they are". This is:

1. AThe ultimate attribution error
2. BThe actor–observer bias
3. CThe false consensus effect
4. DThe self-serving bias