Social psychology worksheet with answers

Realistic conflict theory explains hostility between groups mainly as a result of:

1. ACompetition for limited resources
2. BMere membership of a group
3. CA lack of contact with others
4. DPersonality traits of group members

When forming an impression of someone, information we receive first often has the greatest influence. This is the:

1. ARecency effect
2. BSleeper effect
3. CHalo effect
4. DPrimacy effect

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

In Asch's impression studies, changing one word in a list of traits from "warm" to "cold" greatly changed the overall impression. This suggests "warm" is a:

1. APeripheral trait
2. BStereotype
3. CCentral trait
4. DPrimacy cue only

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

1. AThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
2. BThe matching hypothesis
3. CSocial identity theory
4. DThe arousal: cost–reward model

Deindividuation refers to:

1. AThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence
2. BBecoming more individual when alone
3. CChoosing not to join any group
4. DLoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity

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

The Implicit Association Test (IAT) measures attitudes by:

1. AAsking direct questions about prejudice
2. BMeasuring heart rate while participants talk with out-group members
3. CReaction times when pairing concepts with evaluative words
4. DObserving behaviour in natural settings