chapter 6: conformity and obedience

what is conformity?

• A change in behavior or belief as to the result of real or imagined group pressure.

• Involves both actings and believing in accord with social pressure.

• Involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing.

• Complying with a direct command.

Why can't psychologists recreate Milgram's experiment?

• The procedure has been destroyed

• it's not cost-effective

• it's unethical

• it's protected under copyright law

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

• Asch

• Sherif

• Milgram

• Ebatan

what did the electric shock experiment show?

• most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct

• most people will obey orders, even when it harms others

• morality is more important to people than being obedient

• conformity can lead to obedience

what did the line comparison experiment reveal?

• most people will obey orders, even when it harms others

• conformity can lead to obedience

• morality is more important to people than being obedient

• most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct

which researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedience?

• Milgram

• Sherif

• Asch

• Ebatan

Our natural mimicry of others’ postures and language generally elicits liking—except when echoing others’ negative expressions, such as anger.

• mass hysteria

• chameleon effect

• werther effect

• contagious yawning

Acceptance and compliance are two varieties of obedience (Nail et al., 2000).

• true

• false

which researcher's work was key to our understanding of norm formation?

• Milgram

• Asch

• Ebatan

• Sherif

complying with a direct command. If your mother tells you to clean up your room and you do, that’s ___________.

• obedience

• acceptance

• compliance

• conformity