Social psychology worksheet with answers

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:

1. APeople change attitudes to match behaviour
2. BAn expectation causes behaviour that makes it true
3. CA group makes a riskier decision than its members would alone
4. DPeople remember only predictions that came true

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

1. AGroupthink
2. BSocial facilitation
3. CDeindividuation
4. DSocial loafing

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

1. AConversion
2. BIdentification
3. CCompliance
4. DInternalisation

Only Jo laughs at a comedian, Jo laughs at every comedian, and Jo always laughs at this one. Using Kelley's model, people will most likely explain the laughter by:

1. ASomething about the audience
2. BSomething about the comedian
3. CSomething about Jo
4. DSomething about that evening

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. BSocial identity theory
3. CThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model

A website shows "Only 2 left in stock!" to increase sales. Which persuasion principle does this use?

1. AAuthority
2. BScarcity
3. CSocial proof
4. DReciprocity

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. ASpreading of alternatives after a decision
2. BReactance against the rejected option
3. CThe mere exposure effect for owned items
4. DThe sleeper effect in product judgements

In Walster's "computer dance" study, students were randomly paired. What best predicted whether they wanted to see their date again?

1. ASimilarity in intelligence
2. BSimilarity in attractiveness, as the matching hypothesis predicts
3. CSimilarity in personality test scores
4. DThe date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own