Social Psych

Which 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 pressure
• A 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.

What term refers to the phenomenon in which a group of people are less likely to help out in an emergency than an individual? 

• Bystander Effect
• Diffusion of Responsibility 
• Conformity
• Assumption of Responsibility

Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedience 

• Asch
• Milgram
• Eichmann
• Durkheim 

Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of conformity? 

• Asch
• Milgram
• Eichmann
• Durkheim 

What term best describes an actor in an experiment who is working for the researcher? 

• Confederate
• Participant
• Learner
• Subject

What term means changing one's behavior in response to an authority figure's command?  

• Obedience
• Conformity 
• Peer pressure
• Evolution

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 obedient 
• Most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct. 
• Conformity can lead to obedience 

Feelings, often based on our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events are called

• roles.
• norms.
• attitudes.
• attributions.

The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated

• the 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.

Repetition of the same arguments resulting in stronger attitudes in support of the majority view is an example of

• group polarization.
• role conflict.
• groupthink.
• social networking.