Social psychology worksheet with answers

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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. ASocial loafing
  2. BDeindividuation
  3. CGroup polarisation
  4. DGroupthink
2.Easy

Conforming because you believe the group knows the correct answer, especially in an unclear situation, is called:

  1. AInformational social influence
  2. BObedience
  3. CNormative social influence
  4. DSocial loafing
3.Easy

Worrying about confirming a negative stereotype about one's group, which then harms performance, is called:

  1. AStereotype threat
  2. BSelf-handicapping
  3. CScapegoating
  4. DIllusory correlation
4.Medium

The foot-in-the-door technique works by:

  1. AOffering a discount after the request
  2. BGetting agreement to a small request before making a larger one
  3. CMaking a large request first, which is refused, then a smaller one
  4. DUsing fear to persuade
5.Medium

In Sherif's autokinetic studies, people judged how far a still dot of light seemed to move. In groups, their estimates converged on a shared norm. This mainly shows:

  1. ANormative influence when the correct answer was obvious
  2. BObedience to the experimenter as an authority
  3. CInformational influence in an ambiguous situation
  4. DSocial loafing as the group task went on
6.Medium

A message from a low-credibility source becomes more persuasive weeks later, as people forget where it came from. This is the:

  1. AMere exposure effect
  2. BBoomerang effect
  3. CPrimacy effect
  4. DSleeper effect
7.Hard

In Milgram's study, the shock level rose in small 15-volt steps. Why might this gradual increase have raised obedience?

  1. AParticipants did not notice that the voltage was changing at all
  2. BEach small step made stopping harder to justify, like foot-in-the-door
  3. CIt reduced the pressure coming from the experimenter's instructions
  4. DSmall steps meant the shocks felt exactly the same to the learner each time
8.Hard

Why are the results of the Stanford prison experiment treated with caution today?

  1. AGuards were partly coached and demand characteristics were strong
  2. BIt found no differences between guards and prisoners
  3. CIt was carried out in a real prison with real inmates as the prisoners
  4. DIt had too many participants to analyse

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Group polarisation
  2. 2. A · Informational social influence
  3. 3. A · Stereotype threat
  4. 4. B · Getting agreement to a small request before making a larger one
  5. 5. C · Informational influence in an ambiguous situation
  6. 6. D · Sleeper effect
  7. 7. B · Each small step made stopping harder to justify, like foot-in-the-door
  8. 8. A · Guards were partly coached and demand characteristics were strong

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