Lesson 3.5.5

3.5.5 Performing with others (social) Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 3

20 questions

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Lesson 3.5.5, Performing with others (social): 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR Psychology (H567), Unit 3: Applied psychology (Component 03), written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes improved performance on simple tasks in the presence of others?

    • Social facilitation
    • Evaluation apprehension
    • Social inhibition
    • Ringelmann effect

  2. What term describes decreased performance on complex tasks in the presence of others?

    • Group polarisation
    • Social inhibition
    • Social loafing
    • Social facilitation

  3. Who proposed the drive theory of social facilitation regarding dominant responses?

    • Bibb Latane
    • Max Ringelmann
    • Robert Zajonc
    • Norman Triplett

  4. What reduction in individual effort occurs when working collectively on a task?

    • Social inhibition
    • Deindividuation
    • Social loafing
    • Groupthink

  5. Who first demonstrated social facilitation observing cyclists racing against pacemakers?

    • Max Ringelmann
    • Norman Triplett
    • Robert Zajonc
    • Alan Ingham

  6. What psychological effect did Max Ringelmann discover studying rope-pulling tasks?

    • Bystander effect
    • Ringelmann effect
    • Hawthorne effect
    • Zajonc effect

  7. According to Zajonc, arousal increases the likelihood of which type of response?

    • Altruistic response
    • Inhibitory response
    • Dominant response
    • Subordinate response

  8. What is the term for anxiety caused by the fear of being judged by others?

    • Trait anxiety
    • Cognitive dissonance
    • Social loafing
    • Evaluation apprehension

  9. Which study by Ingham et al. (1974) isolated social loafing using which activity?

    • Tug of war
    • Maze running
    • Weight lifting
    • Cycling race

  10. What technique can reduce social loafing by identifying each person's contribution?

    • Individual accountability
    • Anonymous voting
    • Group pooling
    • Task homogenisation

  11. A runner achieves a faster personal best time when running with a pacer. What is this?

    • Social loafing
    • Social facilitation
    • Evaluation apprehension
    • Social inhibition

  12. A novice footballer struggles to execute a complex flick during a crowded match. What is this?

    • Social inhibition
    • Social facilitation
    • Deindividuation
    • Social loafing

  13. Four rowers push less hard together than the sum of their solo times. What explains this?

    • Social inhibition
    • Social facilitation
    • Social loafing
    • Evaluation apprehension

  14. An athlete feels nervous at trials because coaches are watching. What theory explains this?

    • Social loafing theory
    • Drive theory
    • Ringelmann effect
    • Evaluation apprehension

  15. Team members exert maximum effort because their specific score is displayed live. What is prevented?

    • Social facilitation
    • Social inhibition
    • Social loafing
    • Evaluation apprehension

  16. If a task is very simple and well-practised, what effect does an audience have?

    • Has no effect
    • Impairs performance
    • Stops performance
    • Enhances performance

  17. According to Cottrell, why does audience presence cause physiological arousal?

    • Innate instinct
    • Learned association
    • Physical proximity
    • Task complexity

  18. What term describes the loss of self-awareness in large, anonymous groups?

    • Groupthink
    • Social inhibition
    • Social loafing
    • Deindividuation

  19. Which factor increases social loafing in larger sports teams?

    • Task difficulty
    • Diffusion of responsibility
    • Individual accountability
    • Clear goal setting

  20. What is enhanced when cyclists compete head-to-head rather than against the clock alone?

    • Competitive drive
    • Social loafing
    • Motor inhibition
    • Evaluation anxiety

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