Social Psychology

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 compliance?

• Conforming to a majority because we want to be accepted or liked

• Publicly and privately agreeing with the majority view

• Publicly agreeing with majority but privately disagreeing

• Conforming to a majority because we want to be correct

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 are 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

• First

• Last

• 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 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 difficult for the naive participants

The Stanford Prison study 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