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WorksheetsAP Social Pscyhology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
During a political debate, Candidate A expresses detailed facts on an important issue. Candidate B responds with an emotional appeal on the same issue. Which method of persuasion is each of the candidates using?
Candidate A is using the peripheral route, and Candidate B is using the central route
Candidate A is using the peripheral route, and Candidate B is using the door-in-the-face technique
Candidate A is using the central route, and Candidate B is using the peripheral route
Candidate A is using the central route, and Candidate B is using the foot-in-the-door technique
After listening to a radio station play the same set of songs every three hours, Ivan grows to like them. Ivan’s reaction can be best explained by ______________.
Frequency Theory
Functional Fixedness
The Central Route to Persuasion
The Mere-Exposure Effect
Lisa is a college English major. She believes all math majors are analytical, logical, and serious. Lisa seems to be demonstrating___________.
Group Polarization
Ingroup Bias
The Actor-Observer Effect
Outgroup Homogeneity Bias
When watching the Olympics, most people cheer for athletes from their own country. Often, fans believe that athletes from other countries cheat but athletes from their own country would never cheat. This is an example of what psychological concept?
Scapegoat Theory
Social Facilitation
In-Group Bias
Groupthink
Which of the following is an individual more likely to do when working in a group?
Provide needed help to a stranger
Increase effort on a project
Endorse an opinion with low popularity among group members
Show a decline in work output
Which of the following is the best example of scapegoating?
Ryan, who is a member of one racial group, does not get into the college he wants to attend. Even though his application was weak, he blames members of another racial group for his rejection
Brianna believes that her math teacher doesn’t believe in her potential, so she doesn’t study, leading her to fail the class
Juan plays only with the children who dress similarly to him
Jill is more likely to yawn if she sees her sister yawn than if she sees a classmate yawn
Damion rewrote his paper at the suggestion of his professor, even though he did not agree with the suggestions. This is an example of:
Obedience
Conformity
Compliance
Diffusion
John did poorly on a big test because it was too hot in the room and a student next to him was making distracting noises. John’s friend also did poorly, which John attributes to his lack of study habits and failure to take notes. This is an example of:
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Actor-Observer Bias
Attribution Theory
Just-World Phenomenon
Which of the following concepts can best help explain the increase in crime that occurs as temperatures rise?
Social Scripts
Frustration-Aggression Principle
Operant Conditioning
Fundamental Attribution Error
A group of women are planning to hike Mt. Baldy in California. The group members are somewhat cautious and each wants to be prepared for the experience. When the women arrive at the mountain, a park ranger tells them that there is a chance that it may rain. They decide that the situation is too dangerous and cancel the hike. Which group process informed their decision?
Social Facilitation
Groupthink
Group Polarization
Conformity
The “prisoner’s dilemma” is a famous thought experiment in which two robbers are arrested and given the opportunity to confess their crimes or remain silent. The prisoners are forced to weigh their own best interests against the interest of their partner. This dilemma is a class example of ___________.
A Social Trap
A Social Norm
Conformity
The Bystander Effect
According to evolutionary psychology, males are more likely to be attracted to females with a low waist-to-hip ratio because it represents:
the dominance and health of the female’s genes
the ratio of muscle to fat on the female’s body
the number of calories the female consumes each day
the likelihood that the female produces healthy offspring
A student has just failed a psychology exam. Which of the following explanations is LEAST likely to be evidence of the self-serving bias?
“My teacher hates me.”
“That material was so hard that no one could have passed that class.”
“I didn’t study hard enough.”
“The room was too hot for me to be able to concentrate.”
Which of the following scenarios best represents conformity?
Chris’s teacher tells the students
not to use their cell phones during
class, so Chris does not use his cell
phone during class
Beth becomes a vegetarian when
she starts college because all of her
new friends are vegetarian
Even though most members of a group do not find lions interesting, they decide to do a project on lions because they want to keep harmony
Tuti enters a chicken-wing eating contest, and with onlookers cheering her on, eats more chicken at once than she ever has
The scenario that best describes out-group homogeneity bias is
___________.
Mr. Kinnear tends to hire less qualified family members instead of more qualified non family members at his place of business
In order to foster cohesiveness, Ms. Vezza assigns her students the task of completing a scavenger hunt
Kara, who plays soccer, notices the uniqueness of her soccer teammates, but she thinks all basketball players are the same.
Mary laughs a lot when she is around people she is close too, but around strangers she restrains her laughter even when she finds something funny
