Social psychology worksheet with answers

Unwritten rules about how people in a group are expected to behave are called:

1. ASocial norms
2. BAttributions
3. CStereotypes
4. DAttitudes

Which term describes reduced effort when working in a group compared with alone?

1. ADeindividuation
2. BSocial facilitation
3. CSocial loafing
4. DGroupthink

Cognitive dissonance is:

1. AA disorder of perception
2. BAgreeing with a group
3. CDiscomfort from holding conflicting beliefs or behaviours
4. DForgetting information that conflicts with existing memories

Groupthink is most likely when a group:

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

In a variation of Asch's study, participants wrote their answers privately instead of saying them aloud, and conformity dropped sharply. What does this suggest?

1. AThe conformity was mainly informational
2. BMost participants had poor eyesight for lines
3. CWriting answers made the task more difficult
4. DMuch of the original conformity was normative

Research comparing American and Indian participants found that the fundamental attribution error was:

1. AExactly the same in both cultures
2. BStronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
3. CAbsent in American participants
4. DStronger among Indians, who live in a more collectivist culture

Gaertner and Dovidio found that White participants helped Black and White victims equally when they were the only witness, but helped Black victims less when other bystanders were present. This supports the idea of:

1. AA complete absence of prejudice among the participants
2. BDiffusion of responsibility that affects all victims equally
3. COpen, old-fashioned racism that appears in every situation
4. DAversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available

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

1. AThe emergency was clearly dangerous
2. BThe situation was more ambiguous
3. CThere were more bystanders present
4. DAll the bystanders were strangers