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1.Easy

Accepting a group's view both publicly and privately because you truly believe it is called:

  1. ACompliance
  2. BConversion
  3. CIdentification
  4. DInternalisation
2.Easy

In student housing, people were most likely to become friends with those living closest to them. This shows the role of:

  1. AReciprocity of liking
  2. BSimilarity in attraction
  3. CProximity in attraction
  4. DPhysical attractiveness
3.Easy

Cognitive dissonance is:

  1. AForgetting information that conflicts with existing memories
  2. BDiscomfort from holding conflicting beliefs or behaviours
  3. CA disorder of perception
  4. DAgreeing with a group
4.Medium

Someone realises "I always order salad, so I must like healthy food". Which theory describes inferring attitudes from one's own behaviour?

  1. ASelf-perception theory
  2. BSocial comparison theory
  3. CSocial identity theory
  4. DRealistic conflict theory
5.Medium

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

  1. AInterpreting the event as an emergency
  2. BNoticing that something is happening
  3. CKnowing how to give the right help
  4. DDeciding whether the costs are worth it
6.Medium

Hatfield distinguished passionate love from companionate love. Companionate love is best described as:

  1. AIntense longing and strong physical arousal for the partner
  2. BLove based only on physical attractiveness
  3. CA brief infatuation with someone new
  4. DDeep affection and commitment that grows over time
7.Hard

Social loafing in a group shouting task disappeared when participants believed their individual output could be identified. This shows loafing is driven mainly by:

  1. AFear of the experimenter
  2. BPhysical tiredness in larger groups
  3. CReduced evaluation of individual effort
  4. DPoor coordination only
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 empathy–altruism hypothesis
  2. BThe arousal: cost–reward model
  3. CThe negative state relief model only
  4. DKin selection

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Internalisation
  2. 2. C · Proximity in attraction
  3. 3. B · Discomfort from holding conflicting beliefs or behaviours
  4. 4. A · Self-perception theory
  5. 5. A · Interpreting the event as an emergency
  6. 6. D · Deep affection and commitment that grows over time
  7. 7. C · Reduced evaluation of individual effort
  8. 8. A · The empathy–altruism hypothesis

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