Social Psychology Quiz: What’s Your Prediction?

Suppose an authority figure asks college students to

administer near-lethal electric shocks to another student

who has not harmed them in any way. What percentage of

these students will agree to do it?

• 65%

• 15%

• 90%

• 35%

If you give children a reward for doing something they

already enjoy doing, they will subsequently like that activity

• more

• the same

• less

When a business or governmental agency is faced with

an important choice it is always better to have a group of

people make the decision, because “two heads are better

than one”.

• True

• False

Repeated exposure to a stimulus—such as a person, a

song, or a painting—will make you like it

• more

• the same

• less

You ask an acquaintance to do you a favor—for example,

to lend you $10—and he or she agrees. As a result of

doing you this favor, the person will probably like you

• more

• the same

• less

Who do think would be least likely to help a stranger who

drops a bunch of papers all over the ground? Someone who

is in a

• good mood

• neutral mood

• bad mood

In the United States, female college students tend not to

do as well on math tests as males do. Under which of the

following circumstances will women do as well as men?

• when they are told that there are no gender differences

  on the test

• when they are told that women tend to

  do better on a difficult math test (because under these

  circumstances they rise to the challenge

• when they

  are told that men outperform women under almost all

  circumstances

Which statement about the effects of advertising is most

true?

• Subliminal messages implanted in advertisements

  are more effective than normal, everyday advertising

• normal TV ads for painkillers or laundry detergents are

  more effective than subliminal messages implanted in ads

• both types of advertising are equally effective

• neither type of advertising is effective

What effect, if any, does playing violent video games have

on how likely people are to act aggressively in everyday

life?

• they become less aggressive

  because the games “get it out of their system”

• playing

  the games has no effect on how aggressive people are

• playing the games increases the likelihood that

  they will act aggressively

Students walking across campus are asked to fill out a

questionnaire on which they rate the degree to which student

opinion should be considered on a local campus issue.

Which group do you think believed that students should be

listened to the most?

• Those given a light clipboard with

  the questionnaire attached;

• Those given a heavy clipboard

  with the questionnaire attached

• The weight of the

  clipboard made no difference in people’s ratings