Social Influence

Which of the following is a type of conformity?

• Unanimity

• Internalisation

• Normative Social Influence

• Obedience

Which of the following is an explanation for conformity?

• Compliance

• Informational Social Influence

• Identification

• Internalisation

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.

In Asch's original study, the naive participant was always seated

• Last

• First

• Next-to-last

• Last or Next-to-last

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.

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.

What did Asch find out about task difficulty?

• Conformity decreased when the task became more difficult.

• Conformity increased when the task became more difficult.

• Increasing task difficulty had no effect on conformity.

• The task was too difficulty for the naive participants.

The Stanford prison experiment investigated:

• Rebellion.

• Conformity to social roles.

• Obedience to authority.

• Compliance.

What was Zimbardo's role in the Stanford Prison study?

• The prison superintendent.

• Both prison superintendent and lead researcher.

• Lead researcher.

• Not part of the study.

In Zimbardo's study, the role of guard and prisoner was decided:

• On a first come, first served basis.

• By asking the prisoners to volunteer.

• By the researchers.

• Randomly.