Social psychology worksheet with answers

Who proposed social comparison theory, which says people evaluate themselves by comparing with others?

1. ALeon Festinger
2. BSolomon Asch
3. CStanley Milgram
4. DHenri Tajfel

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

1. ABeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
2. BActing aggressively always removes the frustration
3. CAggression is learned only by watching other people
4. DFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression

In-group favouritism is the tendency to:

1. ATreat all people exactly equally
2. BPrefer outsiders to one's own group
3. CFavour members of one's own group
4. DAvoid joining groups

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

According to Latané's social impact theory, social influence increases with the strength, immediacy and:

1. AAge of the target
2. BIntelligence of the target
3. CGender of the sources
4. DNumber of the sources

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. ANormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
2. BSocial loafing as the group task went on
3. CInformational influence in an ambiguous situation
4. DObedience to the experimenter as an authority

A prejudiced person explains an out-group member's kind act as "just luck" or "he was forced to" but explains an out-group member's crime as "that's how they are". This is:

1. AThe self-serving bias
2. BThe false consensus effect
3. CThe ultimate attribution error
4. DThe actor–observer bias

After choosing between two similarly rated household appliances, participants rated the chosen one higher and the rejected one lower than before. This is called:

1. AThe mere exposure effect for owned items
2. BThe sleeper effect in product judgements
3. CReactance against the rejected option
4. DSpreading of alternatives after a decision