Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AScapegoating
2. BGroupthink
3. CReactance
4. DSocial loafing

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

1. AActing aggressively always removes the frustration
2. BFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
3. CBeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
4. DAggression is learned only by watching other people

Unwritten rules about how people in a group are expected to behave are called:

1. AAttributions
2. BSocial norms
3. CAttitudes
4. DStereotypes

Rosenthal and Jacobson told teachers that some randomly chosen pupils were about to "bloom" intellectually. Later, these pupils showed larger IQ gains, especially in the youngest classes. This shows:

1. AThat teachers' beliefs have no effect on pupils
2. BThat the chosen pupils were truly more gifted
3. CThat IQ tests given in schools cannot be trusted
4. DA self-fulfilling prophecy from teacher expectations

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route of persuasion produces longer-lasting attitude change?

1. AThe central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments
2. BNeither produces any attitude change
3. CBoth produce exactly the same change
4. DThe peripheral route, based on cues such as the source's attractiveness

In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?

1. AKnowing how to give the right help
2. BDeciding whether the costs are worth it
3. CNoticing that something is happening
4. DInterpreting the event as an emergency

The contact hypothesis states that contact reduces prejudice best when groups:

1. AHave equal status, shared goals, cooperation and institutional support
2. BMeet only once briefly
3. CAre brought together by force, without any support from the authorities
4. DCompete against each other

After choosing between two similarly rated household appliances, participants rated the chosen one higher and the rejected one lower than before. This is called:

1. AReactance against the rejected option
2. BSpreading of alternatives after a decision
3. CThe mere exposure effect for owned items
4. DThe sleeper effect in product judgements