Social psychology worksheet with answers

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

1. AFalse consensus effect
2. BMere exposure effect
3. CBystander effect
4. DHalo effect

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

1. AHenri Tajfel
2. BSolomon Asch
3. CStanley Milgram
4. DLeon Festinger

Social facilitation means that the presence of others:

1. AMakes people forget instructions
2. BImproves performance on simple or well-learned tasks
3. CAlways worsens performance, whatever kind of task is being done
4. DHas no effect on performance

Deindividuation refers to:

1. ALoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
2. BBecoming more individual when alone
3. CChoosing not to join any group
4. DThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence

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. BThe arousal: cost–reward model
3. CThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
4. DSocial identity theory

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

1. AContains many members who openly disagree and challenge the leader's views
2. BSeeks advice from outside experts
3. CUses a formal devil's advocate
4. DIs highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader

Bond and Smith's meta-analysis of Asch-type studies found that conformity was:

1. AHigher in individualist than in collectivist cultures
2. BHigher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
3. CExactly the same in all countries and time periods
4. DRising steadily in the USA since the 1950s

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

1. AMaking the task easier
2. BHaving participants answer first
3. COne other confederate giving the correct answer
4. DIncreasing the majority from 3 to 15 people