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1.Easy

The frustration–aggression hypothesis states that:

  1. AAggression is learned only by watching other people
  2. BBeing blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  3. CFrustration leads to withdrawal rather than aggression
  4. DActing aggressively always removes the frustration
2.Easy

Milgram used the term "agentic state" to describe a person who:

  1. ARefuses to follow orders that they think are wrong
  2. BFeels fully responsible for the harm they are causing
  3. CSees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
  4. DActs entirely on their own conscience and their own moral values
3.Easy

Conforming because you believe the group knows the correct answer, especially in an unclear situation, is called:

  1. AObedience
  2. BSocial loafing
  3. CNormative social influence
  4. DInformational social influence
4.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. BRealistic conflict theory
  3. CSelf-perception theory
  4. DSocial identity theory
5.Medium

In a variation of Asch's study, participants wrote their answers privately instead of saying them aloud, and conformity dropped sharply. What does this suggest?

  1. AMost participants had poor eyesight for lines
  2. BThe conformity was mainly informational
  3. CWriting answers made the task more difficult
  4. DMuch of the original conformity was normative
6.Medium

In Asch's impression studies, changing one word in a list of traits from "warm" to "cold" greatly changed the overall impression. This suggests "warm" is a:

  1. APrimacy cue only
  2. BCentral trait
  3. CStereotype
  4. DPeripheral trait
7.Hard

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 rose to every participant obeying
  4. DIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
8.Hard

Festinger and Carlsmith paid participants either $1 or $20 to tell others a boring task was fun. Who later rated the task as more enjoyable?

  1. AThose paid $20
  2. BBoth groups rated it the same
  3. CThose paid $1
  4. DNeither group changed its rating

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Being blocked from a goal makes aggression more likely
  2. 2. C · Sees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
  3. 3. D · Informational social influence
  4. 4. C · Self-perception theory
  5. 5. D · Much of the original conformity was normative
  6. 6. B · Central trait
  7. 7. D · It fell somewhat but remained substantial
  8. 8. C · Those paid $1

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