Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AHalo effect
2. BSpotlight effect
3. CFalse consensus effect
4. DActor–observer bias

In student housing, people were most likely to become friends with those living closest to them. This shows the role of:

1. AReciprocity of liking
2. BProximity in attraction
3. CPhysical attractiveness
4. DSimilarity in attraction

The matching hypothesis predicts that people tend to form relationships with partners who:

1. AAre similar to them in attractiveness
2. BLive far away from them
3. CHave opposite personalities
4. DAre much more attractive than them

On Halloween, children who were anonymous and in groups took more sweets than allowed, compared with children who had been asked their names. This illustrates:

1. AThe foot-in-the-door effect
2. BDeindividuation
3. CSocial facilitation
4. DGroup polarisation

Research comparing American and Indian participants found that the fundamental attribution error was:

1. AStronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
2. BAbsent in American participants
3. CStronger among Indians, who live in a more collectivist culture
4. DExactly the same in both cultures

Social exchange theory proposes that relationships continue when:

1. APartners live close to each other and see each other often
2. BPartners are similar in age and background
3. COne partner holds more power than the other one
4. DRewards outweigh costs compared with alternatives

Pettigrew and Tropp's meta-analysis of over 500 studies on intergroup contact found that:

1. AContact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it
2. BContact reduces prejudice only if all of Allport's conditions are met
3. CContact has no measurable effect once prior attitudes are controlled
4. DContact usually increases prejudice unless groups are kept apart

Festinger studied a group that predicted the end of the world on a certain date. When the prophecy failed, many members:

1. ABecame more committed and tried harder to recruit
2. BImmediately abandoned the group and its leader
3. CWithdrew from contact with all outsiders and the media altogether
4. DAdmitted publicly that they had been foolish