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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. ADeindividuation
  2. BGroupthink
  3. CGroup polarisation
  4. DSocial loafing
2.Easy

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

  1. ACompliance
  2. BIdentification
  3. CConversion
  4. DInternalisation
3.Easy

Seeing members of other groups as "all alike" while seeing your own group as varied is the:

  1. AJust-world effect
  2. BFalse consensus effect
  3. CIn-group favouritism effect
  4. DOut-group homogeneity effect
4.Medium

Research comparing American and Indian participants found that the fundamental attribution error was:

  1. AStronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
  2. BExactly the same in both cultures
  3. CAbsent in American participants
  4. DStronger among Indians, who live in a more collectivist culture
5.Medium

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 arousal: cost–reward model
  2. BSocial identity theory
  3. CThe matching hypothesis
  4. DThe empathy–altruism hypothesis
6.Medium

Aronson and Mills found that women who went through an embarrassing initiation to join a dull discussion group rated it more positively than those with a mild initiation. This is:

  1. AThe halo effect
  2. BEffort justification
  3. CSocial facilitation
  4. DThe mere exposure effect
7.Hard

A teenager adopts the style and opinions of an admired older cousin, but drops them once the two are no longer close. Kelman would call this:

  1. AInternalisation
  2. BIdentification
  3. CObedience
  4. DCompliance
8.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. ADeindividuation caused by sitting in a group
  2. BPluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency
  3. CNormative influence from an authority figure
  4. DSocial loafing while working on a group task

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Group polarisation
  2. 2. D · Internalisation
  3. 3. D · Out-group homogeneity effect
  4. 4. A · Stronger among Americans, who live in a more individualist culture
  5. 5. A · The arousal: cost–reward model
  6. 6. B · Effort justification
  7. 7. B · Identification
  8. 8. B · Pluralistic ignorance about whether it was an emergency

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