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1.Easy

Attitudes are typically described as having which three components?

  1. AId, ego and superego
  2. BSensory, short-term and long-term
  3. CConscious, preconscious and unconscious
  4. DAffective, behavioural and cognitive
2.Easy

In student housing, people were most likely to become friends with those living closest to them. This shows the role of:

  1. ASimilarity in attraction
  2. BProximity in attraction
  3. CReciprocity of liking
  4. DPhysical attractiveness
3.Easy

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

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

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

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

In the Robbers Cave study, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced most by:

  1. ACompetitive sports tournaments
  2. BSeparating the groups completely
  3. CWorking together on superordinate goals
  4. DSimply having more contact during meals
6.Medium

Social exchange theory proposes that relationships continue when:

  1. AOne partner holds more power than the other one
  2. BPartners are similar in age and background
  3. CPartners live close to each other and see each other often
  4. DRewards outweigh costs compared with alternatives
7.Hard

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

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

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

  1. AIt rose to every participant obeying
  2. BIt was exactly the same as at Yale
  3. CIt fell to almost zero
  4. DIt fell somewhat but remained substantial

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Affective, behavioural and cognitive
  2. 2. B · Proximity in attraction
  3. 3. D · Are similar to them in attractiveness
  4. 4. B · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  5. 5. C · Working together on superordinate goals
  6. 6. D · Rewards outweigh costs compared with alternatives
  7. 7. C · Higher in collectivist than in individualist cultures
  8. 8. D · It fell somewhat but remained substantial

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