Social psychology worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:

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

Explaining a classmate's failed exam by saying "she is lazy" is an example of:

  1. AA dispositional (internal) attribution
  2. BA situational (external) attribution
  3. CA conformity response
  4. DA self-serving attribution
3.Easy

The matching hypothesis predicts that people tend to form relationships with partners who:

  1. AAre much more attractive than them
  2. BHave opposite personalities
  3. CLive far away from them
  4. DAre similar to them in attractiveness
4.Medium

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

  1. AIs highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  2. BContains many members who openly disagree and challenge the leader's views
  3. CSeeks advice from outside experts
  4. DUses a formal devil's advocate
5.Medium

Which concept describes believing that others share our opinions more than they actually do?

  1. AFalse consensus effect
  2. BFundamental attribution error
  3. CJust-world belief
  4. DHalo effect
6.Medium

According to Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour, intentions are predicted by attitudes, subjective norms and:

  1. APhysical attractiveness of the source
  2. BThe size of the group involved
  3. CCognitive dissonance
  4. DPerceived behavioural control
7.Hard

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
8.Hard

In Milgram's study, the shock level rose in small 15-volt steps. Why might this gradual increase have raised obedience?

  1. AIt reduced the pressure coming from the experimenter's instructions
  2. BEach small step made stopping harder to justify, like foot-in-the-door
  3. CSmall steps meant the shocks felt exactly the same to the learner each time
  4. DParticipants did not notice that the voltage was changing at all

Answer key

  1. 1. B · An expectation causes behaviour that makes it true
  2. 2. A · A dispositional (internal) attribution
  3. 3. D · Are similar to them in attractiveness
  4. 4. A · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  5. 5. A · False consensus effect
  6. 6. D · Perceived behavioural control
  7. 7. B · Higher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
  8. 8. B · Each small step made stopping harder to justify, like foot-in-the-door

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