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1.Easy

When forming an impression of someone, information we receive first often has the greatest influence. This is the:

  1. AHalo effect
  2. BRecency effect
  3. CPrimacy effect
  4. DSleeper effect
2.Easy

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

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

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

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

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. AInformational influence from the drug label
  2. BConformity to a group of peers
  3. CSocial loafing among hospital staff
  4. DObedience to authority in a real-world setting
5.Medium

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. BSocial identity theory
  3. CSelf-perception theory
  4. DRealistic conflict theory
6.Medium

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

  1. AThe matching hypothesis
  2. BSocial identity theory
  3. CThe arousal: cost–reward model
  4. DThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
7.Hard

Social identity theory (Tajfel and Turner) explains in-group favouritism mainly by:

  1. AFear of punishment from the group leader
  2. BCompetition for limited resources only
  3. CGenetic similarity between group members, which favours helping relatives
  4. DPeople's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership
8.Hard

Baumrind criticised Milgram's obedience study mainly because:

  1. AParticipants were paid so much that they felt obliged
  2. BParticipants were deceived and put under severe stress
  3. CThe sample was too small to generalise from at all
  4. DThe shocks were real and physically harmed the learner

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Primacy effect
  2. 2. D · The Stanford prison experiment
  3. 3. D · Self-esteem
  4. 4. D · Obedience to authority in a real-world setting
  5. 5. C · Self-perception theory
  6. 6. C · The arousal: cost–reward model
  7. 7. D · People's need to maintain positive self-esteem through group membership
  8. 8. B · Participants were deceived and put under severe stress

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