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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedienceAschMilgramEichmannDurkheim - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich researcher's work was key to our understanding of conformity?AschMilgramEichmannDurkheim
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat term best describes an individual in an experiment who is being studied?ConfederateParticipantLearnerClient
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat term best describes an actor in an experiment who is working for the researcher?ConfederateParticipantLearnerSubject
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat term means acting in ways that fit with group norms and customs?ObedienceConformityPeer pressureSociety
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat term means changing one's behavior in response to an authority figure's command?ObedienceConformityPeer pressureEvolution
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy can't psychologists recreate Milgram's experiment?It's protected under copywrite lawIt's unethicalIt's not cost-effectiveThe procedure has been destroyed
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the electric shock experiment show?Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.Morality is more important to people than being obedientMost people prefer social acceptance than to be correct.Conformity can lead to obedience
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the line comparison experiment reveal?Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.Morality is more important to people than being obedientMost people prefer social acceptance than to be correct.Conformity can lead to obedience
- 10. Multiple Choice
Andy decides to clean the communal area of the shared house after receiving a message from his lieutenant.
Conforming
Obedience
- 11. Multiple Choice
Emma decides to change her life long views about supporting the labour party. She decided this after spending so much time with her new university friends who were all Conservatives
Obedience
Conformity
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which phenomenon was demonstrated when participants in Stanley Milgram’s experiment chose to administer the highest possible level of voltage charge to the learners?
conformity
obedience
deindividuation
group cohesion
lowballing
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following studies in the field of social psychology met with the greatest criticism about the ethical issues involved?
Milgram's studies on obedience
Janis' studies on groupthink
Asch's studies on conformity
Sherif's Robbers Cave study
Zajonc's studies on mere-exposure effect
- 14. Multiple Choice
Because the most popular students in the high school tend to wear a particular brand of athletic shoe, a new student buys a pair of shoes of the same brand. Such behavior demonstrates which of the following social psychological concepts?
(A) Obedience
(B) Conformity
(C) Cognitive dissonance
(D) Groupthink
(E) Compliance
obedience
cognitive dissonance
groupthink
compliance
conformity
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the best definition of conformity?A change in behaviour or belief toward a group as a result of real or imagined group pressureA change in behaviour or belief as a result of direct pressure from a person in authority.Change in behaviour or belief as a result of indirect pressure from a person in authority.A change in behaviour or belief as a result of a direct request by someone with no authority.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhich researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedienceAschMilgramEichmannDurkheim
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich researcher's work was key to our understanding of conformity?AschMilgramEichmannDurkheim
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat term means acting in ways that fit with group norms and customs?ObedienceConformityPeer pressureSociety
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat term means changing one's behavior in response to an authority figure's command?ObedienceConformityPeer pressureEvolution
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhat did the electric shock experiment show?Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.Morality is more important to people than being obedientMost people prefer social acceptance than to be correct.Conformity can lead to obedience
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe Stanford Prison experiment demonstratedthe negative consequences of groupthink.how far people are willing to go when instructed to do something by an authority figure.the power that situations can have in changing how people feel, think, and behave.the boost that social facilitation can provide to individual performance.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Social psychologist who researched the circumstances under which people conform.
Solomon Asch (1907-1996):
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984):
Philip Zimbardo (1933-):
- 23. Multiple Choice
The loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity.
attitude:
social loafing:
deindividuation:
groupthink:
- 24. Multiple Choice
Social psychologist who researched obedience to authority.
Philip Zimbardo (1933-):
Solomon Asch (1907-1996):
Stanley Milgram (1933-1984):
- 25. Multiple ChoiceZimbardo's most famous experiment involved...a fake prison in the Stanford University basement.observing whether the children to whom he gave marshmallows could delay gratification.showing people lines and observing their degree of conformity to the judgement of others.ordering participants to give supposed electric shocks to fake participants in order to judge their obedience to authority.
- 26. Multiple ChoiceAsch's experiments focused on the question of...how people act out ascribed roles.what influences people to carry out antisocial behaviours.obedience to an authority figure.conformity in a group setting.
- 27. Multiple Choice•People will naturally (unconsciously) mimic others’ expressions, postures, and movements.NormsBystander CopyMilgrams EfectChameleon Effect
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements best describes normative social influence?
Going along with a group of people because we want to be liked by them.
Going along with a group of people because we don't know what we're doing.
Going along with other people even though we don't agree.
Going along with other people because we accept their views.
- 29. Multiple Choice
What did Asch find out about group size?
Conformity kept increasing with group size.
Conformity decreased as group size increased.
Conformity increased with group size but only to a point.
Increasing group size had no effect on conformity.
- 30. Multiple Choice
What did Asch find about unanimity?
Conformity stayed the same whether the majority was unanimous or not.
A unanimous majority had the greatest effect on conformity.
When a partner disagreed with the majority conformity increased.
A divided majority had the greatest effect on conformity.
- 31. Multiple Choice
The Stanford prison experiment investigated:
Rebellion.
Conformity to social roles.
Obedience to authority.
Compliance.
- 32. Multiple Choice
In relation to Zimbardo's prison experiment, which statement best describes the behaviour of the prisoners?
They resisted the cruelty of the guards throughout the study.
They became more withdrawn and anxious as the study progressed.
They made it very difficult for the guards to enforce the rules of the prison.
They supported each other.
- 33. Multiple Choice
In term's of Milgram's findings, 65% refers to the proportion of participants who:
Refused to continue at some point in the experiment.
Went all the way to the top of the shock scale.
Disobeyed at the very beginning of the procedure.
Went up to 300v and then refused to continue.
- 34. Multiple Choice
What did Milgram find out about proximity in his variations?
Obedience increased when the experimenter issued his instructions over the phone.
Obedience decreased when the teacher and learner were physically closer.
Most participants obeyed even when they had to put the learner's hand on the shock plate.
The physical proximity of experimenter, teacher and learner had the smallest effect.
- 35. Multiple Choice
What did Milgram find out about location in his variations?
Obedience decreased when the study was conducted in a run-down part of town.
The high status and reputation of Yale University made no difference to obedience.
Most participants still obeyed when the study was moved to a run down office building.
Changing the location had the greatest effect on obedience.
- 36. Multiple Choice
Which of Milgram's variations produced the lowest obedience?
Teacher forces learner's hand onto shock plate.
Study is transferred to run-down office block.
Experimenter issues instructions by telephone.
Member of public stands in for experimenter.
- 37. Multiple ChoiceMilgram's real participants weresubjected to real electric shocks.forced to give real electric shocks.seated in front of a realistic looking electric shock machine.swift to reject the experimenter's request to shock innocents.
- 38. Multiple ChoiceThe original idea for Milgram's experiment was based on...the defence of Eichmann during the Nuremberg trials that he was only following orders.an interest in the civil disobedience marches of the 1960s.a desire to show that Americans were not in any way like the Nazis.a fear that he and other Americans would be conscripted to go to Vietnam.
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