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1.Easy

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

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

Which study is known for assigning students to the roles of guards and prisoners?

  1. AThe Stanford prison experiment
  2. BAsch's conformity study
  3. CThe Robbers Cave experiment
  4. DMilgram's obedience study
3.Easy

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

  1. AReactance
  2. BGroupthink
  3. CScapegoating
  4. DSocial loafing
4.Medium

In Sherif's autokinetic studies, people judged how far a still dot of light seemed to move. In groups, their estimates converged on a shared norm. This mainly shows:

  1. AObedience to the experimenter as an authority
  2. BSocial loafing as the group task went on
  3. CInformational influence in an ambiguous situation
  4. DNormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
5.Medium

Only Jo laughs at a comedian, Jo laughs at every comedian, and Jo always laughs at this one. Using Kelley's model, people will most likely explain the laughter by:

  1. ASomething about Jo
  2. BSomething about the comedian
  3. CSomething about the audience
  4. DSomething about that evening
6.Medium

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

  1. AInterpreting the event as an emergency
  2. BKnowing how to give the right help
  3. CNoticing that something is happening
  4. DDeciding whether the costs are worth it
7.Hard

Latané and Darley's "seizure" study found that participants were least likely to help when:

  1. AThe victim was a close friend
  2. BThey believed they were the only one listening to the victim
  3. CThe experimenter was in the room
  4. DThey believed four other people could also hear the victim
8.Hard

Zanna and Cooper gave participants a placebo pill, telling some it would make them tense. After writing a counter-attitudinal essay, those told the pill causes tension showed little attitude change. This supports the idea that:

  1. ASelf-perception theory explains all attitude change
  2. BDissonance involves arousal that people try to explain
  3. CWriting essays never changes people's attitudes
  4. DPlacebo pills themselves cause attitude change

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Self-esteem
  2. 2. A · The Stanford prison experiment
  3. 3. C · Scapegoating
  4. 4. C · Informational influence in an ambiguous situation
  5. 5. A · Something about Jo
  6. 6. A · Interpreting the event as an emergency
  7. 7. D · They believed four other people could also hear the victim
  8. 8. B · Dissonance involves arousal that people try to explain

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