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The document is an assignment for an advance course in social psychology, consisting of multiple-choice questions related to key concepts in the field. Topics covered include social loafing, social facilitation, self-presentation strategies, conformity, and impression management. An answer key is provided at the end for reference.

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Social Psychology Assignment Insights

The document is an assignment for an advance course in social psychology, consisting of multiple-choice questions related to key concepts in the field. Topics covered include social loafing, social facilitation, self-presentation strategies, conformity, and impression management. An answer key is provided at the end for reference.

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Advance Course in Social Psychology

Assignment 6
1. ________________ is the tendency of group members to exert less individual effort on an
additive task as the size of the group increases, while __________________ is the tendency
for the presence of others sometimes to enhance an individual’s performance and at other times
to impair it. (2 marks)
a) Social loafing
b) Discontinuity effect
c) Reciprocal Altruism
d) Social facilitation
2. _____________________is a strategy for self-presentation that involves inducing other
people to regard oneself as a highly moral, virtuous person whose actions are consistent with
positive, shared values. (1 mark)
a) Self promotion
b) Exemplification
c) Self-presentation
d) Moral presentation
3. A process through which individuals become members of extreme groups and come to accept
the beliefs and norms of a group in a totally unquestioning and highly committed way is known
as _______________. (1 mark)
a) peer pressure
b) social influence
c) intense indoctrination
d) compliance
4. _________________is the tendency for positive impressions of a person in one area to
positively or negatively influence one's opinion or feelings in other areas. (1 mark)
a) Halo effect
b) Primacy effect
c) Recency effect
d) Supplication
5. Based on Asch’s experiment, people conform for two main reasons: (2 marks)
a) normative influence
b) difficulty of the task
c) answer in private
d) informational influence
6. Which of the following is a type of social influence where an individual does what someone
else wants them to do, following his or her request or suggestion? (1 mark)
a) Compliance
b) Conformity
c) Obedience
d) Self-presentation
7. _____________________ refers to behaviours intended to control how others perceive
themselves, especially by guiding them to attribute desirable traits to themselves. (1 mark)
a) Impression management
b) Self-enhancement
c) Social loafing
d) Halo effect.
8. _____________ is a behavioural tendency of an employee who is likeable toward superiors
and dislikes subordinates, and is judged by other coworkers as extremely dislikeable and slimy.
(1 mark)
a) Flattery
b) Slime effect
c) Self-enhancement
d) Social influence

Answer Key
1. a) social loafing and d) social facilitation
2. b) Exemplification
3. c) intense indoctrination
4. a) Halo effect
5. a) normative influence and d) informational influence
6. a) Compliance
7. a) Impression management
8. b) Slime effect

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