Social psychology worksheet with answers

A stereotype is:

1. AA legal rule about groups
2. BA generalised belief about members of a group
3. CA negative behaviour towards a group
4. DA feeling of liking for members of one's own group only

Overestimating how much other people notice our appearance or behaviour is called the:

1. ASpotlight effect
2. BFalse consensus effect
3. CActor–observer bias
4. DHalo effect

The evolutionary idea that people are more likely to help close relatives than strangers is called:

1. AThe bystander effect
2. BReciprocal altruism
3. CKin selection
4. DSocial exchange

In Aronson's jigsaw classroom, each pupil learns one part of a lesson and teaches it to the group. This reduced prejudice mainly by:

1. ASeparating pupils from different groups
2. BIncreasing competition between pupils
3. CRewarding only the best individual pupil
4. DMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed

According to Latané's social impact theory, social influence increases with the strength, immediacy and:

1. AIntelligence of the target
2. BNumber of the sources
3. CGender of the sources
4. DAge of the target

Tom says he tripped because the floor was wet, but when he sees someone else trip he thinks they are clumsy. This is the:

1. ASelf-serving bias
2. BActor–observer bias
3. CHalo effect
4. DFalse consensus effect

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

1. AHaving participants answer first
2. BMaking the task easier
3. CIncreasing the majority from 3 to 15 people
4. DOne other confederate giving the correct answer

Pettigrew and Tropp's meta-analysis of over 500 studies on intergroup contact found that:

1. AContact has no measurable effect once prior attitudes are controlled
2. BContact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it
3. CContact reduces prejudice only if all of Allport's conditions are met
4. DContact usually increases prejudice unless groups are kept apart