Question 1

_________________ is to "going along with the crowd" as _______________ is to "learning from the crowd."

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A)   Normative influence; concern for social image
B)   Informational influence; normative influence
C)   Normative influence; asserting uniqueness
D)   Normative influence; informational influenceE) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Experiments have demonstrated that attempts to restrict a person's freedom often produce anticonformity called

Accepted Answer

A)   individuation.
B)   the boomerang effect.
C)   the consensus effect.
D)   personality assertion effect.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Pearline is participating in a psychology experiment where she has to complete a mental rotation task while having her brain scanned in an fMRI. She hears how other participants are responding to the perceptual questions being asked. Even though she felt that her first answer was wrong, she went along with what the group was saying. However, for her second answer she went against the group. The brain scan indicated that

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A)   there were no differences in the regions that were activated in the brain between the conforming and non-conforming responses.
B)   brain areas associated with conscious decision-making were active for both judgments.
C)   regions dedicated to emotion were activated for the first response, and those associated with perception were activated for the second response.
D)   regions dedicated to perception were activated for the first response, and those associated with emotion were activated for the second response.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

The experimenter in Milgram's study used all but which of the following verbal prods to encourage participants to continue?

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A)   "It is absolutely essential that you continue."
B)   "You will be penalized if you refuse to go on."
C)   "You have no other choice, you must go on."
D)   "The experiment requires that you continue."E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 5

The autokinetic phenomenon refers to

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A)   a false group consensus.
B)   an illusion of perceived movement.
C)   a form of self-efficacy.
D)   an influential bias in social judgment.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

A year after his original study, Sherif's participants were retested alone and gave answers that supported the original group's norm. This suggests that the process involved was really

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A)   reactance.
B)   compliance.
C)   obedience.
D)   acceptance.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 7

What are the four determining factors that Milgram examined to determine the conditions that breed obedience. Briefly discuss each.

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Question 8

In Milgram's studies, obedience was highest when

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A)   teachers were required to put the learner's hand onto a shock plate.
B)   the learner was in the same room as the teacher.
C)   the learner did not complain of a heart condition.
D)   the learner was remote and silent.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Researchers have explored several areas in search of the conformer. Which of the following is one of those areas?

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A)   Religion
B)   Personality
C)   Sexual orientation
D)   RaceE) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 10

A confederate is someone who

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A)   runs an experiment.
B)   is a participant in the study.
C)   is an accomplice of the researcher.
D)   is an authority figure.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

Research suggests that when people are given a _________, they are more likely to comply with a request from a stranger.

Accepted Answer

A)   light touch on the arm
B)   handwritten rather than a typed letter
C)   letter rather than a telephone call
D)   sense of anonymityE) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 12

The Sherif and Asch results are all startling because none of the studies employed any

Accepted Answer

A)   judgments about ambiguous stimuli.
B)   groups larger than four persons.
C)   experimental realism.
D)   open, obvious pressure to conform.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Comedy show laugh tracks capitalize on

Accepted Answer

A)   people's hopefulness.
B)   the physical contagiousness of laughing.
C)   the Honey Phenomenon.
D)   people's suggestibility.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

In Milgram's research, when the experimenter gave the commands by telephone instead of in person, full obedience

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A)   dropped to zero.
B)   dropped to 21 percent.
C)   dropped to 50 percent.
D)   increased to 73 percent.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 15

At one time, aircraft had constant rather than blinking lights on the wingtips. When pilots in formation tried to follow the constant lights of the aircraft in front of them, they veered off course. This is perhaps best explained by

Accepted Answer

A)   illusory correlation.
B)   normative influence.
C)   psychological reactance.
D)   the autokinetic effect.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 16

John wants to go out with Sue, but Sue is playing "hard-to-get." John is all the more intrigued and motivated to get a date with Sue. Explain this scenario in terms of reactance theory.

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Question 17

Shannon is walking down the street with a friend one day when a stranger up ahead suddenly shouts "Get back! Get off the street! There's a sniper!" Shannon and her friend are most likely to obey if

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A)   the stranger looks very frightened.
B)   the stranger is a police officer.
C)   they have low psychological resistance.
D)   the friend is over the age of 30 years.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

Unanimity, status, and cohesion are all factors that influence when people conform. Explain the impact of each of these factors on conformity in terms of normative and/or informational influence pressures.

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Unanimity, status, and cohesion all play...

Question 19

Studies on group size and conformity have indicated that increasing the number of people beyond five yields

Accepted Answer

A)   enhanced conformity.
B)   deindividuation.
C)   diminishing returns.
D)   decreased conformity.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 20

Pheng is a psychology student who has never felt very confident about his math ability. He is particularly likely to go along with his group members' answer to a statistical calculation problem if

Accepted Answer

A)   the problem was hard and the group is unanimous.
B)   the problem was hard and only one other group member got the same answer as Pheng.
C)   there are only two other group members.
D)   he is the most senior student in the group.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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