Social psychology worksheet with answers

People tend to like things more simply because they have seen them often. This is the:

1. AMere exposure effect
2. BBystander effect
3. CFalse consensus effect
4. DHalo effect

Seeing members of other groups as "all alike" while seeing your own group as varied is the:

1. AOut-group homogeneity effect
2. BFalse consensus effect
3. CJust-world effect
4. DIn-group favouritism effect

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

1. AIdentification
2. BCompliance
3. CInternalisation
4. DConversion

Someone realises "I always order salad, so I must like healthy food". Which theory describes inferring attitudes from one's own behaviour?

1. ASocial comparison theory
2. BRealistic conflict theory
3. CSocial identity theory
4. DSelf-perception theory

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. CNormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
4. DInformational influence in an ambiguous situation

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. BA self-fulfilling prophecy from teacher expectations
3. CThat IQ tests given in schools cannot be trusted
4. DThat the chosen pupils were truly more gifted

Myers and Bishop found that students high in prejudice became more prejudiced after discussing racial issues with similar students, and low-prejudice students became less prejudiced. Which two explanations are usually given?

1. AMatching hypothesis and proximity
2. BPersuasive arguments and social comparison
3. CObedience and agentic state
4. DSocial loafing and social facilitation

A teenager adopts the style and opinions of an admired older cousin, but drops them once the two are no longer close. Kelman would call this:

1. ACompliance
2. BInternalisation
3. CIdentification
4. DObedience