Psychology · UNIT 08 · MOCK TEST

Mock 3 – Prosocial Behaviour, Aggression & Relationships + Mixed Practice

Unit 8: Social Psychology · 17 questions · about 20 minutes. Press End Mock any time to see your score and the correct answers.

All 3 topic-wise mocks in this unit

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Q1.

Tanmaya, a school-going girl, helped a blind person crossing the road and felt happy to see smile on the blind person's face. This can be explained through —

ADefensive helping phenomenon BNegative-state relief model CEmpathic-Joy hypothesis DReciprocal-altruism theory

Q2.

The situation of conflict arising upon allocation of funding to different groups is an example of conflict arising over issues of-

AInterest BValues CGrowth DDemand characteristics

Q3.

Spreading rumours behind someone's back can most appropriately be referred as

ASocial aggression BRelation aggression CIndirect aggression DPhysical aggression

Q4.

Match List-I with List-II

List I	List II
A. Eros Love	I. Treating love as a game
B. Ludos Love	II. Treating love as friendship
C. Storge Love	III. Loving an ideal person
D. Agape Love	IV. Selfless love

AA-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV BA-I, B-II, C-IV, D-III CA-III, B-I, C-II, D-IV DA-IV, B-I, C-III, D-II

Q5.

Conflicts are readily kindled and fueled by

A. Competition

B. Conciliation

C. Cooperation

D. Misperception

E. Social Dilemmas

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

AA, B, C only BB, C, D only CC, D, E only DA, D, E only

Q6.

What would be the correct order of the steps involved in prosocial behaviour?

A. Accept the responsibility for helping

B. Noticing something unusual

C. decision about possession of required knowledge or skills

D. Interpreting the event as emergency

E. deciding to actually help

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

AA, C, B, D, E BB, D, A, C, E CB, D, C, A, E DE, B, D, C, A

Q7.

Diffusion of responsibility is a hypothesized cause of:

A. Identity formation

B. Prosocial behaviour

C. By Stander effect

D. Compliance

E. Sharing behaviour

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

AB and C only BA and B only CC and D only DA and E only

Q8.

Match List I with List II

List I – Theory	List II – Proposition
A. Realistic Conflict	I. Identity is formed by social comparison, categorization and construction of self-identity
B. Relative Deprivation	II. Competition for scarce resources results in intergroup tensions
C. Social Identity	III. Comparison of oneself to others in ways that raise one's self-esteem
D. Social Comparison	IV. Feeling of getting less than what one is entitled to

AA-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III BA-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV CA-I, B-III, C-II, D-IV DA-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Q9.

Which of the following statements describe the term 'Diffusion of Responsibility?

APeople help others in order to reduce their emotional discomfort BGreater the number of witnesses to an emergency, the less likely the victims are to receive help CHelping others is a means of increasing one's own status and reputation DProsocial acts are motivated solely by the desire to help someone in need

Q10.

Give the correct sequence of stages in the relationship maintenance as suggested by Thibaut and Kelly (1959) in their Social Exchange Theory :

(A) Bargaining

(B) Commitment

(D) Institutionalization

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

AA, C, B, D BC, A, B, D CB, D, A, C DC, B, D, A

Q11.

Match List I with List II

List I	List II
A. Aggression	I. Aggression that is permissible according to the norms of the individual's social group
B. Anti-social aggression	II. Aggressive acts that support commonly accepted social norms
C. Pro-social aggression	III. Any action intended to hurt another person
D. Sanctioned aggression	IV. Aggressive acts that violate commonly accepted social norms

AA-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I BA-III, B-IV, C-I, D-II CA-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV DA-II, B-I, C-III, D-IV

Q12.

Arrange the following in sequence as per the Extinction Transfer Theory of Aggression

A. Frustration

B. Residual Arousal

C. Arousing Events

D. Increased Arousal

E. Arousal attributed to Frustration

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

AA, C, B, D, E BD, B, C, A, E CC, D, B, A, E DA, C, D, B, E

Q13.

In a cloth store Tarun was deciding about whether to purchase or not a dress whose cost was coming to be Rs. 4000/-. That point the sales person suggested that if he (Tarun) purchases clothes amounting Rs. 5000/-, he would get a T-shirt free of cost. In this situation, which of the following techniques has been used by the sales person to influence Tarun?

AFoot-in-the-Door Technique BLowball procedure CThat's-not-all technique DDoor-in-the-Face technique

Q14.

Arrange the following cognitive points sequentially to explain helping behaviour as suggested by Darley and Latane

A. Taking responsibility

B. Defining an emergency

C. Taking Action

D. Noticing

E. Planning a course of Action

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

AB, D, E, A, C BB, E, D, A, C CD, A, B, E, C DD, B, A, E, C

Q15.

Efforts to cope with the knowledge that we will die is known as

AMagical Thinking BTerror Management CPlanning Fallacy DAvailability Heuristics

Q16.

Behavior is a direct result of behavioral intentions, this is explained by which of the following?

ATheory of reasoned action BTheory of social Impact CEquity theory DCorrespondent inference theory

Q17.

What is the correct sequence of Decision Making Perspective of Pro-social behaviour to help a person in distress?

A. Taking personal responsibility

B. Weighing the cost and benefits

C. Perceived a need

D. Deciding how to help

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

AA, C, B, D BB, A, C, D CA, B, C, D DC, A, B, D