Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AIdentification
2. BCompliance
3. CConversion
4. DInternalisation

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

1. ARecency effect
2. BHalo effect
3. CSleeper effect
4. DPrimacy effect

Overestimating how much other people notice our appearance or behaviour is called the:

1. ASpotlight effect
2. BActor–observer bias
3. CFalse consensus effect
4. DHalo effect

Exposing people to weak arguments against their view, along with rebuttals, makes them more resistant to later persuasion. This is:

1. AReactance theory
2. BThe sleeper effect
3. CInoculation theory
4. DThe elaboration likelihood model

A smoker who knows smoking is harmful tells himself "the research isn't really conclusive". In dissonance terms, he is reducing dissonance by:

1. AIncreasing the importance of the conflict
2. BConforming to a group norm
3. CChanging one of the conflicting cognitions
4. DChanging his behaviour

In the Robbers Cave study, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced most by:

1. ASimply having more contact during meals
2. BSeparating the groups completely
3. CWorking together on superordinate goals
4. DCompetitive sports tournaments

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

1. AOne other confederate giving the correct answer
2. BMaking the task easier
3. CIncreasing the majority from 3 to 15 people
4. DHaving participants answer first

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

1. AIt fell to almost zero
2. BIt was exactly the same as at Yale
3. CIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
4. DIt rose to every participant obeying