Candidate Number
C8510
THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
BSc FIRST YEAR EXAMINATION
INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
SAMPLE PAPER 2014-15
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This specimen paper shows you the general appearance of the "Individuals and Groups"
multiple-choice examination to be taken during the Mid-Year Assessment Block 2014.
The specimen paper has only 20 questions. The real exam paper will have 50 questions
to be attempted in ONE hour. Thus, the specimen paper should take you approximately
20 minutes.
You should avoid spending too long on any one question. If you are not sure of an
answer after a minute or so of thought then it might be best to leave the question and
come back to it later.
You will find the answers on the last page of this document.
Time allowed: approximately 20 minutes
Choose one response option beneath each question
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C8510 Individuals and Groups - Sample Paper
1.
For Freud, desires could be which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
DSM-V suggests that antisocial personality disorder is best conceived as which of
the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
3.
Conscious
Unconscious
Preconscious
All of the above
A type
A trait
A hybrid of types and traits
None of the above
According to social impact theory, people work less hard in experimental groups
because:
a. They have less impact on the final group outcome
b. The experimenter’s instructions have less impact on each group member
than they would on isolated individuals
c. Coordination losses between group members have an impact on
performance
d. Final group productivity is a negative exponential function of social impact
4
According to frustration-aggression theory, people show prejudice because:
a. They encounter obstacles and privations in their daily lives
b. They are inherently frustrated
c. They have had authoritarian parents who pass their aggression on to their
children
d. Their identities are threatened and hence frustrated
5.
Increased mimicry, according to Chartrand and Bargh, leads to:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Increased distraction
Increased aggression
Increased liking
Decreased aggression
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6.
According to de Young (2007, reported in Hirsh et al., 2010), Volatility and
Withdrawal are sub-traits of which of the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
7.
According to Maslow, which of the following is a ‘deficiency need’?
a.
b.
c.
d.
8.
Gordon Allport
Stanley Milgram
Wilhelm Wundt (trans.)
Mark Snyder
Deutsch and Gerard’s (1955) experiment showed that social influence varied as a
function of:
a.
b.
c.
d.
10.
Self-actualisation
Love
Existentialism
None of the above
“With few exceptions, social psychologists regard their discipline as an attempt to
understand and explain how the thought, feeling and behavior of individuals are
influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others”. Who suggested
this?
a.
b.
c.
d.
9.
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Neuroticism
Number of conforming confederates
The authority of the experimenter
Group cohesion and stimulus ambiguity
The number of trials in which incorrect answers were given
According to social comparison theory, polarisation occurs in group decisions
because:
a.
b.
c.
d.
People compare their quality of their arguments to those of others
Their comparison levels for alternatives are low
They seek to raise their self esteem in comparison to others
People compare their own position to what seems to be the preferred
position of others in the group
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11.
Mita and colleagues’ research indicates that:
a. We do not see ourselves as others see us
b. We do see ourselves as other see us
c. Cooley was wrong
d. We overestimate our person perception skills
12.
Self schemas are:
a. Personal plans for the future
b. Affective plans for the future
c. Cognitive structures about the self
d. Self-fulfilling prophecies
13.
Which of the following is not included as an important feature of social influence
processes, according to Cialdini?
a.
b.
c.
d.
14.
When people feel satisfied with their salary because they earn more than some
other group, it is an example of relative:
a.
b.
c.
d.
15.
The principle of consistency
The principle of parsimony
The principle of liking
The principle of reciprocity
Deprivation
Gratification
Assimilation
Degradation
Moscovici hypothesised that minorities are influential because they:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Persuade majorities with social power
Appear to be acting from ulterior motives
Hold attitudes that correspond to their behaviour
Create internal cognitive conflict in the minds of the majority
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16.
In one of Milgram’s experiments participants thought they were taking part with
other members of a group. In that study, levels of obedience were:
a.
b.
c.
d.
17.
In the social influence experiments performed by Asch, participants’ level of
conformity depended mainly on the:
a.
b.
c.
d.
18.
Number of confederates giving incorrect answers
Consistency of the confederates’ answers
Disparity in the lengths of the lines being judged
Manner in which the experimenter gave the instructions
The ‘norm of reciprocity’ is fundamentally concerned with:
a.
b.
c.
d.
19.
Generally lower than when individuals took part on their own
Generally higher than when individuals took part on their own
Depended only on the instructions of the experimenter
Depended on whether the other group members ‘obeyed’ the experimenter
or not
People not dropping litter
People helping others who have helped them
Tipping in restaurants
People assessing costs and benefits in social relationships
Six people individually make a decision on a 1 – 9 scale (risk - caution). Their
responses are respectively; 2, 1, 3, 3, 5, 3. They then discuss the same item as a
group and reach a consensual decision. What is their most likely collective
decision?
a. 5
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
20.
Who among the following is a leading light in social cognitive theories of
personality?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Albert Bandura
Bacchus Skinner
Karen Horney
Margaret Mead
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"Individuals and Groups"……….Answers to the Mock Paper
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