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Social Psychology — HS Psychology practice questions

12 multiple-choice questions and 12 flashcards on Social Psychology, about 8% of the HS Psychology bank. Every one carries a written rationale.

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What this chapter covers

Social Psychology is one of 13 chapters in CoStudy's HS Psychology bank, and it holds 12 of the bank's 150 multiple-choice questions — roughly 8% of the total. That proportion is not arbitrary: chapters follow the certifying body's published exam outline, and the number of questions in each is set by that domain's published weight, so the share of your practice time this chapter takes matches the share of the real exam it accounts for.

Studying by chapter is worth doing once you have a diagnostic score. A single overall percentage tells you whether you are close; it does not tell you which domain is dragging. Working a weak chapter in isolation, and re-testing it in isolation, is the fastest way to move a score that has stalled — and it is why the mock exams in CoStudy report by domain rather than as one number.

Free Social Psychology practice questions

3 questions drawn from this chapter, with the full rationale shown — the controlling principle behind the right answer, and why each wrong option tempts and fails.

The more bystanders present at an emergency, the less likely any one of them helps. This is the:

  1. just-world phenomenon
  2. social loafing
  3. bystander effect
  4. mere exposure effect

Answer: C — bystander effect

C) Correct — Responsibility is spread across everyone present. A) Is believing people get what they deserve. B) Is reduced effort on a group task. D) Is liking familiar things more.

Judging a classmate as lazy when she is late, without considering traffic, is the:

  1. self-serving bias
  2. fundamental attribution error
  3. just-world phenomenon
  4. confirmation bias

Answer: B — fundamental attribution error

B) Correct — We overestimate personality and underestimate situation when explaining others. A) Is about explaining your own successes and failures. C) Is believing people get what they deserve. D) Is seeking evidence for what you already believe.

In Milgram's studies, obedience DROPPED when:

  1. the experimenter gave orders by phone
  2. the study was held at Yale
  3. the learner was in another room
  4. the experimenter wore a lab coat

Answer: A — the experimenter gave orders by phone

A) Correct — Obedience fell when the authority figure wasn't physically present. B) The prestigious setting raised obedience. C) Distance from the victim raised obedience. D) Signs of authority raised obedience.

Social Psychology flashcards

3 cards from the 12 in this chapter.

Stereotype vs prejudice vs discrimination?

Stereotype: an overgeneralized belief about a group. Prejudice: a negative attitude toward a group. Discrimination: unfair behavior toward its members.

Conformity (Asch)?

People conform to group even when wrong. Asch's line experiment.

Fundamental attribution error?

Overemphasize personality, underemphasize situation when judging others.

Practise the full chapter

These are a sample. The full Social Psychology chapter runs 24 items with per-chapter progress tracking, on the web and in the iOS app.

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