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WorksheetsSocio-cultural research methods
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 34mins
Which of the following is an example of method triangulation?
A researcher carries out a series of interviews about attitudes toward foreigners and then observes the same participants in a situation where they have to interact with a stranger.
The responses of two or more researchers are compared to make sure that they are both measuring a variable in the same way.
An experiment uses two or more samples.
When a study is replicated three or more times to establish that it has reliability.
Which of the following is not a limitation of carrying out a naturalistic observation?
It is not possible to control for confounding variables.
It is difficult to replicate and establish reliability.
The participants are being deceived.
Participants may leave the study.
What did Festinger conclude from his study of the Doomsday cult?
The cult members had no clear idea of why they were joining the cult.
Cult members rationalized their failure in order to protect their self-esteem.
People are willing to forgive their leaders, as long as they feel that they did their best and made honest mistakes.
People who are more religious are more likely to join cults.
Which of the following is not an ethical concern of the Festinger study of the Doomsday cult?
Deception.
Not keeping the data anonymous.
Researcher bias.
Undue stress or harm.
Which of the following is not an advantage of collecting qualitative data?
It is a more holistic approach to studying an individual.
The data is very rich, giving a lot of information to the researcher.
Qualitative data is easier to analyse than quantitative data.
Qualitative data is often naturalistic, studying an individual in their normal social context.
Which of the following is not an assumption made by social psychologists?
We have a personal self and several social selves.
Our behaviour is influenced by others, even when we believe we are acting independently.
Culture affects our behaviour.
Animals may be studied in order to get a deeper insight into human behaviour.
Social psychologists believe that as the individual is affected by being part of a group, the individual can also affect behaviour in the group. What is the term used to describe this phenomenon?
Reciprocal determinism
Social Identity Theory
Social determinism
Bidirectional ambiguity
What was the independent variable in Asch’s 1956 study?
The unanimity of the response
The rate of conformity - that is, whether they agreed with the confederates or not.
The length of the lines
The confederates' answer to the question
The Asch paradigm is highly standardized. Why is this important?
To increase the predictive validity of the study.
For ethical reasons; it is important that all participants are treated equally.
To increase the ecological validity of the study.
To increase the reliability of the study.
According to Asch, why did the participants conform?
A combination of informational and normative social influence.
Referential social influence
Normative social influence
Informational social influence
What was the control group in Asch's study?
A second group was allowed to ask questions.
Participants matched the lines alone - with no confederates.
A second group had more participants.
A second group was told that they were late and to write down their responses.
What does it mean when we say that social identity has become "salient"?
That is resistant to change.
That it can change over time.
That we are more aware of that particular social identity.
That we are unaware of the influence of that particular social identity.
Which of the following is not a component of social identity theory?
Social categorization into in-groups and out-groups
Social cognitive learning theory
Social comparison
In-group bias and the tendency to use group identity to promote self-esteem.
What were the findings of Tajfel & Turner’s “Kandinsky vs Klee” study?
The boys' level of self-esteem increased as a result of being in their in-group.
The simple act of categorizing oneself as a member of a group led the boys to display in-group favoritism.
The boys began to dislike members of the out-group.
The boys began to show more competition when they believed that they were competing with an out-group, rather than against members of their in-group.
Which of the following is a limitation of Social Identity Theory?
The theory is not able to predict which social identity will most influence an individual's behaviour in a particular situation.
The theory is not falsifiable.
The studies were case studies and therefore cannot be replicated. The studies have low reliability.
It has very few applications in the real world.
How did Abrams manipulate the IV in his study on SIT and conformity?
Sometimes the confederates gave the wrong answer and sometimes they gave the correct answer.
He told the participant that the participants were either psychology students or ancient history students.
The participant was either a psychology student or a history student.
The lines were all different lengths.
How did Drury test the role of SIT in helping behaviour?
He carried out a naturalistic observation.
He carried out a field experiment.
He carried out a quasi-experiment.
He used virtual reality to carry out an experiment.
