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IB Psychology Sociocultural Approach

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of participants regularly conformed in Asch's line experiment?

a)

16%

b)

26%

c)

36%

d)

46%

2.

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism for the creation of your social identity, according to Tajfel (1979)?

a)

Social influence

b)

Social categorisation

c)

Social comparison

d)

Using group membership as a source of self-esteem

3.

Which of the following factors does NOT contribute to the learning of behaviour in Social Cognitive Theory (Bandura)?

a)

Attention

b)

Retention

c)

Motivation

d)

Repetition

4.

Which of the following are the correct three components of the Reciprocal Determinism Model?

a)

Personal factors, social environment, behaviour

b)

Biological factors, social environment, behaviour

c)

Personal factors, biological factors, behaviour

d)

Personal factors, social environment, biological factors

5.

"A social perception of an individual in terms of group membership or physical attributes" is a definition of which term?

a)

Self-efficacy

b)

Social cognitions

c)

Schemas

d)

Stereotypes

6.

Which of the following is the correct definition of the term 'illusory correlation"?

a)

A generalisation that is made about a group and then attributed to members of that group.

b)

People tend to overlook information that contradicts what they already believe.

c)

People see a relationship between two variables even when there is none.

d)

A form of social categorisation that affects the behaviour of those who hold a stereotype.

7.

What are the two main effects that stereotypes have on behaviour?

a)

Social anxiety and social confusion

b)

Stereotype threat and social anxiety

c)

Social anxiety and memory distortion

d)

Stereotype threat and memory distortion

8.

"Drawing on the notion of universal properties of cultures, which share common perceptual, cognitive, and emotional structures" is a definition of which key term?

a)

Emic Approach

b)

Etic Approach

c)

Ethnocentrism

d)

Universality

9.

Which one of the following was not one of Hofstede's original four cultural dimensions?

a)

Individualism vs collectivism

b)

Uncertainty avoidance

c)

Indulgence vs self-constraint

d)

Power distance

10.

Berry and Katz (1967) investigated the effects of individualism and collectivism on which behaviour?

a)

Conformity

b)

Volunteering

c)

Aggression

d)

Social withdrawal

11.

Who investigated cultural variations in the correlates of flashbulb memories?

a)

Chiu (1972)

b)

Kearins (1981)

c)

Cole and Scribner (1974)

d)

Kulkofsky et al (2011)

12.

According to Berry's acculturation model, which behaviour is the result of acceptance of a new culture and the rejection of your original culture?

a)

Integration

b)

Separation

c)

Assimilation

d)

Marginalisation

13.

Social identity theory was proposed by...

a)

Atkinson and Shiffrin

b)

Baddeley and Hitch

c)

Rosenzweig and Bennet

d)

Tajfel and Turner

14.
According to Bandura, what can expand the range and rate of learning?
a)
Modeling
b)
Reinforcers 
c)
Chocolate 
d)
Socializing 
15.

Which of the following is not a factor in social cognitive learning theory?

a)

Being able to remember the actions of the model.

b)

Paying attention to a model.

c)

Having a motivation to replicate the behaviour.

d)

The model must be a member of the learner's in-group.

16.

What is meant by vicarious reinforcement?

a)

When we get positive feedback and therefore continue a behaviour.

b)

When we get negative feedback and therefore stop a behaviour.

c)

When we are exposed to something over time and learn through repetition.

d)

When we see someone else get positive feedback and therefore imitate the behaviour.

17.

Which of the following best describes the study done on the island of St Helena?

a)

A true experiment

b)

A quasi-experiment

c)

A natural experiment

d)

A field experiment

18.

What is an appropriate explanation for why the children in Bandura’s 1961 study did not imitate the behaviour of the female model when she was bashing the Bobo?

a)

She reminded them of their mothers.

b)

The women only engaged in verbal aggression and most of the children were too young to understand.

c)

The children were afraid of her.

d)

Her behaviour was not seen as consistent with women's behaviour.