Social psychology worksheet with answers

Asch's line study investigated:

1. AMemory for line lengths over time
2. BVisual illusions
3. CConformity to a group's incorrect judgement
4. DObedience to authority

Blaming an innocent out-group for one's own frustrations and problems is called:

1. AGroupthink
2. BReactance
3. CScapegoating
4. DSocial loafing

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when:

1. AAn expectation causes behaviour that makes it true
2. BPeople change attitudes to match behaviour
3. CA group makes a riskier decision than its members would alone
4. DPeople remember only predictions that came true

In the Robbers Cave study, hostility between the two groups of boys was reduced most by:

1. ASeparating the groups completely
2. BWorking together on superordinate goals
3. CCompetitive sports tournaments
4. DSimply having more contact during meals

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. AThe mere exposure effect
2. BSocial facilitation
3. CEffort justification
4. DThe halo effect

Normative social influence is conformity based on:

1. AThe belief that the group has better information
2. BPersonal moral principles
3. CObeying a direct order
4. DThe wish to be accepted and liked by the group

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. BAversive racism, shown when a non-racial excuse is available
3. COpen, old-fashioned racism that appears in every situation
4. DDiffusion of responsibility that affects all victims equally

Kunst-Wilson and Zajonc showed octagons too briefly to be recognised. Later, participants could not tell old from new shapes but preferred the ones shown before. This suggests:

1. ALiking depends only on what can be consciously remembered from before
2. BMere exposure can raise liking without conscious recognition
3. CVery brief exposure tends to reduce liking for a shape
4. DPeople always know which shapes they have seen before