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WorksheetsSocial Psychology Review
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
At the grocery store, you see a crying cashier and a customer with a stern expression on his face. You assume that he made the cashier cry. Your judgment is an example of:
Cognitive dissonance
Representativeness heuristic
Fundamental attribution error
Situational attribution
"Voldemort hates muggles because he's evil, pure and simple." This is an example of:
Dispositional attribution
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Situational attribution
Consistency
Buzz McCallister bullies you, and he's a hockey player. In your attribution of his behavior, you make a base rate fallacy. Which of these sentences is an example of that?
"I hate Buzz, because I hate hockey."
"I hate hockey players, because Buzz is a hockey player."
"I hate bullies, because I hate hockey players."
"I hate Buzz, because he's a hockey player."
A family of Packers fans used to bond over debating whether Aaron Rogers or Brett Favre was a better QB. But the debate got so intense that now some are no longer speaking to each other. This is an example of:
Scapegoating
Deindividuation
Groupthink
Group polarization
What is social facilitation?
Efficient decision-making process in a group
Agreeing with others in order not to make waves
Performing a task better with a group present
Losing a sense of self-identity in a group
It's movie night. Even though half the group is "meh" on The Greatest Showman, a couple people love it to death and will be cranky if the group doesn't pick it. So you end up watching The Greatest Showman. What just happened?
Groupthink
Cognitive dissonance
Obedience
Social impairment
11 jurors initially vote "guilty," but one juror eventually wears everyone else down until they all vote "not guilty." This is an example of:
Groupthink
Normative influence
Group polarization
Minority influence
Friendships are often built and sustained by what four factors?
Proximity, mere exposure, reciprocal liking, utilitarian value
Proximity, similarity, reciprocal liking, utilitarian value
Mere exposure, prosocial behavior, similarity, utilitarian value
Infatuation, mere exposure, proximity, utilitarian value
Bob thinks all lawyers are scum. Bob is exhibiting:
Prejudice
Stereotyping
Discrimination
Base rate fallacy
Two rival crime families whose feud goes back generations make peace as they work together on a community charity drive. This is an example of:
Scapegoat theory
Out-group derogation
Contact hypothesis
In-group solidarity
True or false: Dr. Zimbardo selected guards for his prison experiment based on their altruistic traits to see if their roles would make them cruel.
True
False
True or False: Volunteers in the Stanford Prison Experiment assigned a prisoner role were stripped naked, allowed only to wear a hip-length smock, chained, and made to wear a stocking cap.
True
False
True or False: The Stanford Prison Experiment established strong that social roles affect behavior.
True
False
True or False: In Solomon Asch's experiment, a majority of people conformed to social pressure, giving answers they knew to be incorrect.
True
False
In Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment, at what point would the "teacher" be made to stop administering shocks?
When the "student" gave a correct answer.
After the "researcher" had used all scripted prompts to continue or the "teacher" gave maximum voltage 3 times.
When the "student" told the "teacher" about his heart condition or fell silent.
When the "teacher" expressed discomfort or criticized the experiment.
In Stanley Milgram's obedience experiment, which of the following roles was performed by the actual subject of the experiment.
A. Student
B. Teacher
C. Researcher
A and B
A and C
