Social psychology worksheet with answers

Cognitive dissonance is:

1. AForgetting information that conflicts with existing memories
2. BA disorder of perception
3. CAgreeing with a group
4. DDiscomfort from holding conflicting beliefs or behaviours

The bystander effect means that:

1. ABystanders are usually the main cause of the accidents they witness
2. BPeople always help when they see an emergency
3. CPeople are less likely to help when others are present
4. DGroups make riskier decisions

Who proposed social comparison theory, which says people evaluate themselves by comparing with others?

1. AHenri Tajfel
2. BSolomon Asch
3. CStanley Milgram
4. DLeon Festinger

According to Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour, intentions are predicted by attitudes, subjective norms and:

1. APerceived behavioural control
2. BThe size of the group involved
3. CPhysical attractiveness of the source
4. DCognitive dissonance

A website shows "Only 2 left in stock!" to increase sales. Which persuasion principle does this use?

1. ASocial proof
2. BReciprocity
3. CScarcity
4. DAuthority

On a New York subway, a man who collapsed while carrying a cane was helped more often than a man who smelt of alcohol. Which model best explains this?

1. AThe matching hypothesis
2. BThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
3. CThe arousal: cost–reward model
4. DSocial identity theory

Milgram moved his study from Yale University to a run-down office building. What happened to obedience?

1. AIt fell to almost zero
2. BIt rose to every participant obeying
3. CIt fell somewhat but remained substantial
4. DIt was exactly the same as at Yale

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

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