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WorksheetsAP Psychology - Social Psychology Review
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 25mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Fundamental Attribution Error refers to our tendency to overestimate______ and underestimate _________.
a)
normative influences; informational influences
b)
personal dispositions; situational influences
c)
situational influences; personal dispositions
d)
informational influences; normative influences
2.
We are more likely to comply with a larger request because we've already agreed to a smaller one?
a)
Bystander Effect
b)
Attribution Theory
c)
Foot-in-the-Door Phenonomon
d)
Groupthink
3.
At a large rock concert, Carmen lost her inhibitions and acted in a way not consistent with her personality. What best explains this?
a)
Deindividuation
b)
Bystander Effect
c)
Social Facilitation
d)
Mere Exposure Effect
4.
A business leader who welcomes a variety of opinions from her employees and invites expert critique of protocols would most limit what from developing in the company?
a)
Cognitive Dissonance
b)
Social Inhibition
c)
Social Loafing
d)
Groupthink
5.
The tendency of people to exert less individual effort when they are pooling their efforts towards a common goal.
a)
deindividuation
b)
bystander effect
c)
social loafing
d)
foot-in-the-door phenomenon
6.
Kari had to go to the bathroom, but the only public restroom was in McDonald's; therefore, she felt obligated to purchase a Coke after using the McDonald's bathrooms. This is an example of...
a)
social facilitation
b)
reciprocity norm
c)
bystander effect
d)
just-world phenomenon
7.
What type of advertising strategy (persuasion) is used in the image?
a)
Central Route Persuasion
b)
Peripheral Route Persuasion
c)
Normative Persuasion
d)
Subliminal Persuasion
8.
Lance is in cross country runner. He tends to run faster when he is running with someone than when he is running alone. This is an example of...
a)
social facilitation
b)
bystander effect
c)
foot-in-the-door phenomenon
d)
mere exposure effect
9.
Kelvin witnesses a bad car accident on his way to school. He doesn't stop and help because there are more people in the area who can help. This is an example of...
a)
social inhibition
b)
social facilitation
c)
fundamental attribution error
d)
bystander effect
10.
What was the experiment on conformity where subjects knowingly gave incorrect answers to conform to the group norm?
a)
Stanford Prison Experiment
b)
Asch Experiment
c)
Milgram Experiment
d)
Bjorner & Lowe Experiment
11.
Two neighborhoods were frequently at odds with each other until a tornado struck the area and they had to work together to clean up and rebuild. This is an example of...
a)
mere exposure effect
b)
groupthink
c)
superordinate goals
d)
deindividuation
12.
Many of Ms. Buck's Psych students did poorly on the last test. Due to fundamental attribution error, Ms. Buck might conclude that the class did poorly because...
a)
the test was unfair
b)
not enough time was given for the students to test
c)
students were distracted by Homecoming activities
d)
this year's students are lazier than last year's students
13.
When Devin failed to make the cast of the high school musical, he vandalized the sets of the play. His behavior is an example of...
a)
group polarization
b)
mere exposure theory
c)
deindividuation
d)
frustration-agression principle
14.
The belief that those who suffer deserve their fate is expressed in the...
a)
just-world phenomenon
b)
phenomenon of in-group bias
c)
out-group bias phenomenon
d)
mirror-image perception principle
15.
A social trap is a situation in which...
a)
People lose self-awareness in group situations that foster anonymity
b)
there are insufficient resources to satisfy the needs of group members
c)
the pursuit of self-interest leads to collective harm
d)
altruistic behavior violates a social-responsibility norm
16.
___ happens when one's actions don't match his/her beliefs.
a)
Obedience to Authority
b)
Cognitive Dissonance
c)
Conformity
d)
Social Influence
17.
The Stanford Prison Experiment showed the world that people will:
a)
Readily Conform to Social Roles
b)
Misbehave when Unsupervised
c)
Behave According to Disposition
d)
Always treat prisoners unfairly
18.
If one student in a classroom begins to cough, others are likely to do the same. This best illustrates
a)
ingroup bias
b)
the mere-exposure effect
c)
the bystander effect
d)
the chameleon effect
19.
Prejudice is a(n) _____ while discrimination is a(n) _____.
a)
behavior; attitude
b)
instinct; choice
c)
attitude; behavior
d)
choice; instinct
20.
In 1986 the NASA management team made the decision to proceed with the planned launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger despite the belief of several engineers who failed to express their concern that extreme temperatures could destroy vulnerable seals.
a)
group think
b)
bystander effect
c)
social inhibition
d)
group polarization
21.
When something happens that we believe will happen.
a)
The Rosenhahn Effect
b)
Self-fullfilling prophecy
c)
The Gypsy Hypothesis
d)
Turner effect
22.
Which of the following concepts was advanced by social psychologists to help explain why people who are part of a crowd sometimes commit aggressive, antisocial acts that they would not commit if they were alone?
a)
Groupthink
b)
Cognitive dissonance
c)
Social facilitation
d)
Deindividuation
23.
Which of the following is an example of social facilitation?
a)
A student scores higher on tests taken with classmates than with strangers.
b)
An editor’s productivity increases when she is given a private office.
c)
An elementary school student reads more books when promised free pizza for reading a greater number.
d)
An athlete performs better in games before a large crowd than she does in practice.
24.
A teacher who is mistakenly informed that a student is learning disabled begins to treat that student differently from others. The teacher does not call on the student in class or help her with challenging material. The student’s grades gradually decline. This result is an example of which of the following?
a)
Social loafing
b)
Actor-observer bias
c)
Self-fulfilling prophecy
d)
Fundamental attribution error
25.
According to the fundamental attribution error, which of the following is most likely to be another student’s explanation for a classmate’s failing exam grade?
a)
The classmate was too lazy to study hard.
b)
There were too many picky questions on the exam.
c)
The classmate was not feeling well.
d)
The classmate had no quiet place to study.
26.
A stereotype is defined as which of the following?
a)
A negative action taken against someone who is a member of a social group
b)
An adjustment of one’s behavior in response to peer pressure
c)
A belief that one’s own culture is superior to all others
d)
A generalization about a social group
27.
People were asked to sign a petition in support of a political candidate. Later, those who signed the petition were targeted by the campaign and asked to donate money to the candidate, and many of them did. This is a good example of...
a)
the self-serving bias
b)
social facilitation
c)
the foot-in-the-door technique
d)
the door-in-the-face technique
28.
Saloni is a track athlete. She races best when she is at a track meet with other people watching her. She does not run as fast when she is training by herself. This difference is an example of social
a)
inhibition
b)
facilitation
c)
loafing
d)
anxiety
29.
The process by which one evaluates the causes of other people’s behavior is called
a)
compliance
b)
cognitive dissonance
c)
persuasion
d)
attribution
30.
Agreeing to another's request.
a)
Compliance
b)
Persuasion
c)
Obedience
d)
Conformity
31.
Agreeing to a demand of a perceived authority figure.
a)
compliance
b)
obedience
c)
conformity
d)
persuasion
32.
being influenced to change your own beliefs.
a)
persuasion
b)
compliance
c)
activation
d)
conformity
33.
changing your behavior because of group pressure.
a)
obedience
b)
conformity
c)
compliance
d)
persuasion
34.
The tendency to develop a positive attitude toward a product that has been advertised repeatedly in the media is referred to as
a)
reaction formation
b)
subliminal suggestion
c)
the mere-exposure effect
d)
the Hawthorne effect
35.
The Hawthorne effect has the most to do with this social psychology concept?
a)
social facilitation
b)
social loafing
c)
groupthink
d)
social inhibition
36.
People who find themselves engaging in behavior that is against their principles will most likely experience
a)
homeostasis
b)
an approach-avoidance conflict
c)
cognitive dissonance
d)
social facilitation
37.
A line forms and others join thinking that those in the line must know something they don't. The others joined to line because of...
a)
informational social influence
b)
normative social influence
c)
the Hawthorne effect
d)
The bystander effect
38.
Good feelings individuals exhibit toward those who share a common identity.
a)
in-group bias
b)
out-group bias
c)
altruism
d)
just world phenomenon
39.
This cognitive bias can help people feel that others who treat them poorly will eventually be punished for it because bad things will eventually happen to bad people.
a)
just world hypothesis
b)
mere-exposure effect
c)
self-serving bias
d)
actor-observer bias
40.
According to this bias, we are more likely to attribute our behavior to external circumstances. However, when explaining the behavior of others, we are more likely to blame their character.
a)
actor-observer bias
b)
fundamental attribution error
c)
confirmation bias
d)
pygmalion effect
41.
The _______________ is a psychological term used to describe the impact of positive or negative expectations on actions or performance.
a)
pygmalion effect
b)
Hawthorne effect
c)
bystander effect
d)
just-world hypothesis
42.
Morgan made the fundamental attribution error in explaining her students’ poor performance on their geography examination when she said which of the following?
a)
“I thought it was too cold in the room on test day. Maybe that’s why the students did poorly.”
b)
“The students just do not care enough about their grades.”
c)
“The class meets at such an early time. Perhaps that’s why the class performed poorly.”
d)
“I will have to present the material to them another way and retest.”
43.
Marc performs poorly on a psychology exam and explains his failure by saying, “That test was so hard no one could pass it.” This explanation illustrates
a)
self-serving bias
b)
reciprocal determinism
c)
the fundamental attribution error
d)
the just-world hypothesis
44.
Of the following students, who is most clearly demonstrating an internal attribution?
a)
Jane, who says she failed a test because her teacher hates her.
b)
Sharon, who says she won homecoming queen because her friends campaigned for her.
c)
Martin, who says he earned a spot on the football team through his hard work.
d)
Tyler, who says he lost the vote for class president because the election was rigged.
45.
To Edward from the United States, all people who speak Spanish sound similar. He doesn't realize that almost every Spanish speaker he encounters speaks with a distinct regional accent based on the place they learned to speak it. However, Edward can easily make out distinct American English accents. Edward is demonstrating...
a)
out-group homogeneity
b)
in-group bias
c)
the fundamental attribution error
d)
the self-serving bias
46.
The result of groupthink is almost always
a)
flawed decisions
b)
a decrease in group cohesion
c)
new and innovative ideas
d)
good decisions
47.
People fail to speak up in a group because they fear challenging the harmony of the group.
a)
groupthink
b)
fundamental attribution error
c)
self-serving bias
d)
Hawthorne effect
48.
The tendency to believe that another person’s behavior is caused by dispositional factors rather than by environmental factors is called
a)
the fundamental attribution error
b)
situational attribution
c)
identification
d)
self-serving bias
49.
When his team wins a basketball game, Joe says it is because his team is so good; however, when his team loses, he says it is because the referees made a lot of unfair calls. Joe is most clearly demonstrating
a)
self-serving bias, because he sees his team as being better than it is
b)
conformity, because he sees his team as being better than it is
c)
self-serving bias, because he thinks all referees are unfair
d)
conformity, because his team follows all the rules of the game
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