Social psychology worksheet with answers

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:

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

Which study is known for assigning students to the roles of guards and prisoners?

1. AMilgram's obedience study
2. BThe Robbers Cave experiment
3. CThe Stanford prison experiment
4. DAsch's conformity study

Sternberg's triangular theory of love has which three components?

1. ATrust, respect and loyalty
2. BIntimacy, passion and commitment
3. CAffect, behaviour and cognition
4. DAttraction, proximity and similarity

Deindividuation refers to:

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

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

A friend suggests hitting a punching bag to "get anger out of your system". What does research by Bushman and others suggest?

1. AVenting helps only if done in front of the target
2. BVenting has no effect on mood or on later behaviour
3. CVenting like this tends to increase later aggression
4. DVenting reliably reduces anger and so lowers later aggression

Myers and Bishop found that students high in prejudice became more prejudiced after discussing racial issues with similar students, and low-prejudice students became less prejudiced. Which two explanations are usually given?

1. AObedience and agentic state
2. BMatching hypothesis and proximity
3. CPersuasive arguments and social comparison
4. DSocial loafing and social facilitation

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

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