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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. AGroup polarisation
  2. BDeindividuation
  3. CGroupthink
  4. DSocial loafing
2.Easy

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

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

Asch's line study investigated:

  1. AMemory for line lengths over time
  2. BConformity to a group's incorrect judgement
  3. CObedience to authority
  4. DVisual illusions
4.Medium

A smoker who knows smoking is harmful tells himself "the research isn't really conclusive". In dissonance terms, he is reducing dissonance by:

  1. AIncreasing the importance of the conflict
  2. BChanging one of the conflicting cognitions
  3. CConforming to a group norm
  4. DChanging his behaviour
5.Medium

Deindividuation refers to:

  1. ABecoming more individual when alone
  2. BLoss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
  3. CThe process of forming a stable, separate personal identity during adolescence
  4. DChoosing not to join any group
6.Medium

In Latané and Darley's five-step model of bystander intervention, pluralistic ignorance mainly affects which step?

  1. ANoticing that something is happening
  2. BDeciding whether the costs are worth it
  3. CKnowing how to give the right help
  4. DInterpreting the event as an emergency
7.Hard

In Latané and Darley's smoke-filled room study, participants alone usually reported the smoke, but those with two calm confederates rarely did. The best explanation is:

  1. ANormative influence from an authority figure
  2. BSocial loafing while working on a group task
  3. CPluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency
  4. DDeindividuation caused by sitting in a group
8.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. AThe arousal: cost–reward model
  2. BThe negative state relief model only
  3. CThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
  4. DKin selection

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Group polarisation
  2. 2. A · Competition for limited resources
  3. 3. B · Conformity to a group's incorrect judgement
  4. 4. B · Changing one of the conflicting cognitions
  5. 5. B · Loss of self-awareness and personal responsibility in groups or anonymity
  6. 6. D · Interpreting the event as an emergency
  7. 7. C · Pluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency
  8. 8. C · The empathy–altruism hypothesis

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