Social psychology worksheet with answers

The matching hypothesis predicts that people tend to form relationships with partners who:

1. AAre similar to them in attractiveness
2. BLive far away from them
3. CAre much more attractive than them
4. DHave opposite personalities

Milgram used the term "agentic state" to describe a person who:

1. AFeels fully responsible for the harm they are causing
2. BActs entirely on their own conscience and their own moral values
3. CSees themselves as acting for an authority, not for themselves
4. DRefuses to follow orders that they think are wrong

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

1. AConversion
2. BIdentification
3. CCompliance
4. DInternalisation

Rosenthal and Jacobson told teachers that some randomly chosen pupils were about to "bloom" intellectually. Later, these pupils showed larger IQ gains, especially in the youngest classes. This shows:

1. AThat teachers' beliefs have no effect on pupils
2. BThat the chosen pupils were truly more gifted
3. CThat IQ tests given in schools cannot be trusted
4. DA self-fulfilling prophecy from teacher expectations

Only Jo laughs at a comedian, Jo laughs at every comedian, and Jo always laughs at this one. Using Kelley's model, people will most likely explain the laughter by:

1. ASomething about the comedian
2. BSomething about that evening
3. CSomething about Jo
4. DSomething about the audience

According to the elaboration likelihood model, which route of persuasion produces longer-lasting attitude change?

1. AThe central route, based on careful thinking about the arguments
2. BNeither produces any attitude change
3. CBoth produce exactly the same change
4. DThe peripheral route, based on cues such as the source's attractiveness

The just-world hypothesis can lead people to:

1. ABlame victims for their misfortune
2. BHelp victims more readily
3. CBelieve that all outcomes are random
4. DIgnore social norms completely

In the Clarks' doll studies, many Black children preferred a white doll and described it as "nice". This research was cited in a US court case because it suggested:

1. ADoll preferences are fully innate
2. BSegregation harmed Black children's self-image
3. CYoung children have no racial awareness
4. DSegregated schools improved self-esteem