Social psychology worksheet with answers

Social facilitation means that the presence of others:

1. AImproves performance on simple or well-learned tasks
2. BAlways worsens performance, whatever kind of task is being done
3. CMakes people forget instructions
4. DHas no effect on performance

Who proposed social comparison theory, which says people evaluate themselves by comparing with others?

1. ASolomon Asch
2. BStanley Milgram
3. CHenri Tajfel
4. DLeon Festinger

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

1. AIntimacy, passion and commitment
2. BAffect, behaviour and cognition
3. CAttraction, proximity and similarity
4. DTrust, respect and loyalty

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. BHalo effect
3. CFalse consensus effect
4. DActor–observer bias

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. ASocial facilitation
2. BThe weapons effect
3. CCatharsis
4. DDisplacement

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route of persuasion produces longer-lasting attitude change?

1. ANeither produces any attitude change
2. BThe peripheral route, based on cues such as the source's attractiveness
3. CThe central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments
4. DBoth produce exactly the same change

Fischer and colleagues' meta-analysis of the bystander effect found that it was weaker when:

1. AThere were more bystanders present
2. BThe emergency was clearly dangerous
3. CAll the bystanders were strangers
4. DThe situation was more ambiguous

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. AThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
2. BThe negative state relief model only
3. CKin selection
4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model