Social Psychology - Psychology Previous Year Questions

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2022 · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Perception and Influence

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2022

The process through which we seek to identify the causes of other’s behaviour and gain knowledge of their stable traits and dispositions is known as ____________.

A

Distribution

B

Dissemination

C

Retribution

D

Attribution

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2023 · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Perception and Influence

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2023

Match the biases/effects in the first column with the descriptions in the second column of the table given below.

Biases/effects	Descriptions
P) Barnum Effect	i) Tendency to take credit for one's success but downplaying responsibility for one's failure
Q) Reference Group Effect	ii) Tendency to take blame for failure but downplay one's role in the success
R) Self-Serving Bias	iii) Tendency to rate oneself with respect to one's social and cultural group
S) Self-Effacing Bias	iv) Tendency to believe in description of personality that is supposedly descriptive of oneself, but could in fact describe almost anyone

A

P-(i), Q-(iii), R-(ii), S-(iv)

B

P-(iv), Q-(iii), R-(i), S-(ii)

C

P-(iv), Q-(iii), R-(ii), S-(i)

D

P-(iv), Q-(i), R-(ii), S-(iii)

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2024 · Psychology · Social Psychology · Group Dynamics and Intergroup Relations

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2024

Which of the following is/are characteristic(s) of groupthink?

A

There is excessive optimism and risk taking.

B

Silence is interpreted as consent.

C

Members reduce their efforts and performance levels while acting as a part of the group.

D

People do not know what they are supposed to be doing.

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2025 · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Perception and Influence

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2025

The tendency to observe behaviors of others in ways that are according to your expectations about them is called:

A

Schema

B

Confirmation bias

C

Social judgment

D

Anchoring

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2026 · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Perception and Influence

Humanities & Social Sciences - Psychology (XH-C5) 2026

According to Moscovici’s Conversion Theory (1980) which of the following statements is/are true for majority influence?

A

Majority influence generates a comparison process (focus on relationship between source and target).

B

Conflict is resolved by overt compliance to majority position in public.

C

Triggers validation process (closer attention to the issue).

D

Target is unlikely to agree with minority in public, for fear of being labelled “deviant”.

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2022 · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Perception and Influence

Humanities & Social Sciences-Psychology (XH-C5) 2022

The statement “I can do no wrong, but, you can do no right”, refers to ____________.

A

The self-serving bias

B

The self-other bias

C

The other-self bias

D

The other- serving bias

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