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1.Easy

After discussion, a group's opinion becomes more extreme in the direction its members already leaned. This is called:

  1. AGroupthink
  2. BSocial loafing
  3. CGroup polarisation
  4. DDeindividuation
2.Easy

Which researcher found that cyclists rode faster when racing against others than when riding alone, in an early study of social facilitation?

  1. ABibb Latané
  2. BNorman Triplett
  3. CRobert Zajonc
  4. DMuzafer Sherif
3.Easy

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

  1. ATrust, respect and loyalty
  2. BAffect, behaviour and cognition
  3. CAttraction, proximity and similarity
  4. DIntimacy, passion and commitment
4.Medium

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. AMaking pupils depend on each other to succeed
  2. BSeparating pupils from different groups
  3. CRewarding only the best individual pupil
  4. DIncreasing competition between pupils
5.Medium

Aronson and Mills found that women who went through an embarrassing initiation to join a dull discussion group rated it more positively than those with a mild initiation. This is:

  1. ASocial facilitation
  2. BThe mere exposure effect
  3. CEffort justification
  4. DThe halo effect
6.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. ADisplacement
  2. BThe weapons effect
  3. CCatharsis
  4. DSocial facilitation
7.Hard

In Batson's studies, participants who felt high empathy for a woman receiving shocks offered to take her place even when they could easily leave. This supports:

  1. AKin selection
  2. BThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
  3. CThe negative state relief model only
  4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model
8.Hard

After choosing between two similarly rated household appliances, participants rated the chosen one higher and the rejected one lower than before. This is called:

  1. AThe sleeper effect in product judgements
  2. BSpreading of alternatives after a decision
  3. CThe mere exposure effect for owned items
  4. DReactance against the rejected option

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Group polarisation
  2. 2. B · Norman Triplett
  3. 3. D · Intimacy, passion and commitment
  4. 4. A · Making pupils depend on each other to succeed
  5. 5. C · Effort justification
  6. 6. B · The weapons effect
  7. 7. B · The empathy–altruism hypothesis
  8. 8. B · Spreading of alternatives after a decision

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