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1.Easy

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

  1. AReciprocal altruism
  2. BKin selection
  3. CSocial exchange
  4. DThe bystander effect
2.Easy

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

  1. AThe Robbers Cave experiment
  2. BMilgram's obedience study
  3. CThe Stanford prison experiment
  4. DAsch's conformity study
3.Easy

In Milgram's obedience study, about what percentage of participants went to the maximum 450-volt level?

  1. AAbout 25%
  2. BAbout 95%
  3. CAbout 5%
  4. DAbout 65%
4.Medium

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

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

Berkowitz and LePage found that angered participants gave more electric shocks when a gun was lying nearby than when a badminton racket was. This is called:

  1. ACatharsis
  2. BSocial facilitation
  3. CThe weapons effect
  4. DDisplacement
6.Medium

In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?

  1. AInterpreting the event as an emergency
  2. BNoticing that something is happening
  3. CKnowing how to give the right help
  4. DDeciding whether the costs are worth it
7.Hard

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

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

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. B · Kin selection
  2. 2. C · The Stanford prison experiment
  3. 3. D · About 65%
  4. 4. D · Is highly cohesive, isolated and led by a directive leader
  5. 5. C · The weapons effect
  6. 6. A · Interpreting the event as an emergency
  7. 7. C · The date's physical attractiveness, regardless of their own
  8. 8. A · Contact usually reduces prejudice; Allport's conditions add to it

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