Lesson 2.7.1

2.7.1 Social area Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 2

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Who conducted the core study on the diffusion of responsibility in a subway?

    • Milgram
    • Freud
    • Bocchino
    • Piliavin

  2. What key assumption defines the social area of psychology?

    • Situational factors
    • Genetics alone
    • Unconscious drives
    • Cognitive schemas

  3. Which core study in the social area investigates whistleblowing and disobedience?

    • Piliavin
    • Bocchiaro
    • Asch
    • Milgram

  4. What was the sample size of naive participants in Milgram's baseline obedience study?

    • 100
    • 40
    • 10
    • 20

  5. In Piliavin's subway study, what was the cane victim's condition classified as?

    • Drunk
    • Ill
    • Blind
    • Dying

  6. What sampling technique was used to recruit participants in Bocchiaro's study?

    • Random
    • Self-selected
    • Opportunity
    • Stratified

  7. In Milgram's study, what was the maximum voltage on the shock generator?

    • 300 volts
    • 150 volts
    • 450 volts
    • 600 volts

  8. If a participant in Milgram's study refuses to continue, which factor best explains this?

    • Repression
    • Amnesia
    • Agentic shift
    • Genetics

  9. In Piliavin's subway study, which helper group recorded the frequency of helping?

    • Observers
    • Models
    • Conduits
    • Victims

  10. What was the role of the comparison group in Bocchiaro's study?

    • Run the computer
    • Deliver shocks
    • Predict behaviour
    • Act as victims

  11. Which data type was predominantly gathered in Milgram's baseline obedience study?

    • Anecdotal
    • Qualitative
    • Longitudinal
    • Quantitative

  12. Which study in the social area investigates cross-cultural helping behaviour?

    • Piliavin
    • Bocchiaro
    • Levine
    • Milgram

  13. What situational variable did Levine et al. test alongside pace of life?

    • Weather temperature
    • Political regime
    • Population size
    • Road traffic

  14. In Bocchiaro's study, what task were participants asked to write for other students?

    • Animal cruelty
    • Exam cheating
    • Sensory deprivation
    • Tax evasion

  15. What strength is commonly associated with the standardized procedures in Milgram's study?

    • High generalisability
    • High reliability
    • Low researcher bias
    • High mundane realism

  16. In Milgram's study, what percentage of participants went all the way to 450 volts?

    • 65%
    • 35%
    • 50%
    • 85%

  17. Which sampling technique was primarily used to recruit participants for the baseline Milgram obedience study?

    • Opportunity
    • Random
    • Self-selecting
    • Stratified

  18. What primary method was used to collect data in Bocchiaro's obedience and whistleblowing study?

    • Interviews
    • Questionnaires
    • Observations
    • Experiments

  19. In Levine et al.'s cross-cultural study, what was measured alongside helping behaviour in major cities?

    • Population density
    • Economic status
    • Pace of life
    • Crime rates

  20. Which sampling technique recruited students for Bocchiaro's study on whistleblowing via campus flyers?

    • Self-selected
    • Opportunity
    • Random
    • Stratified

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