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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThis experimenter was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person.This was Leon FestingerThis was Solomon AschThis was Philip ZimbardoThis was Stanley Milgram
- 2. Multiple ChoiceAn experiment in which "participants" unanimously choose the wrong line. It is clear to you that they are wrong, but they have all given the same answer.Stanley Milgram Shock ExperimentLeon Festinger Cognitive Dissonance ExperimentSolomon Asch Line ExperimentPhilip Zimbardo Prison Experiment
- 3. Multiple ChoiceSomeone knocks on your door & asks you to sign a petition. A week later they ask if they can put a sign in your lawn. This exemplifies:Door in the facelow ballingfoot in the doorthat's not all
- 4. Multiple Choice
What 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 - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedienceAschMilgramEichmannDurkheim
- 6. Multiple Choice
Close, friendly groups usually work well together, but they may face a problem involving an extreme form of conformity called ________.
self-serving bias
groupthink
fundamental attribution error
generational identity
social facilitation
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is a difference between obedience and conformity?
In conformity, there is a perceived difference in status between the one who conforms and the group.
In obedience, there is a difference in status between the one who obeys and the one who makes the request.
Conformity requires strict adherence to the rules, whereas obedience does not.
Obedience is an indirect request, whereas conformity is a direct request.
Conformity involves agreeing to change in response to a request, whereas obedience involves an indirect request for agreement.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Conformity is best described as
performing simple tasks more quickly in the presence of others.
adjusting our behavior or thinking toward a group standard.
neglecting critical thinking in order to preserve group harmony.
losing self-awareness in group situations that foster anonymity.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceLeah asks her teacher to delay the test a day; when the teacher refuses she asks for 10 minutes to study prior.Door-in-the-faceGroup polarizationSocial inhibitionSocial facilitation
- 10. Multiple Choice
According to 'normative social influence', people conform because:
They are embarrassed.
They want to be right.
They want to be liked.
They lack confidence.
- 11. Multiple Choice
It's Oliver's first day of school and he is keen to make a good impression. He pretends to be interested in the other students' conversation even though he really finds them boring.
Why is he doing this?
Informational social influence
Normative social influence
Because he's shy and doesn't want to stand out
Identification
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which one of the following characteristics is not necessarily true about groups?
a. Group members are interdependent.
b. Groups have two or more members.
c. Groups have assigned goals.
d. Groups interact.
- 13. Multiple Choice
What term is used for a set of expected behavior patterns associated with a particular position in a social unit?
a. role
b. role perception
c. role identity
d. role expectation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceNorms arewhat is considered normal for an individualimplicit or explicit rules that apply to all members of the group that govern acceptable behavior and attitudes.rules that apply to testing standards onlyexplicit rules that govern behavior
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe Asch Effect refers tohow an individual agrees with the majority, even if the majority is wronghow an individual disagrees with the majority, even if the majority is rightthe tendency to adapt to the people arounda person obeying a person of authority even if the action is wrong
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