Human Behavior

This experimenter was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person. 

• This was Leon Festinger
• This was Solomon Asch
• This was Philip Zimbardo
• This was Stanley Milgram

In Milgram's study on obedience to authority, what procedure were done?

• The Learners took a real exam
• 'Learners' received an electroshock from 'teachers.'
• Participants were paid $10 for participating
• A teacher taught a real student

In Stanley Milgram's experiment on obedience and authority, the participants believed the responsibility for the shocks fell to:

• the machine

• themselves

• the authority figure

• their fellow participants

What percentage of participants in Stanley Milgram's study on obedience and authority continued to administer 450-volt shocks at the insistence of the authority figure?

• 75%

• 15%

• 50%

• 65%

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 

Which of the following BEST describes the Bystander Effect?

• The frequency for which people determine when and how often to provide help

• The difficulty people have distinguishing human cries for help from other sounds

• The tendency for people to not help if there are other witnesses around

The Kitty Genovese Story raised what issue in society?

• Greater increase in crime rate than previous decades

• The 911 emergency response system in major cities

• The Bystander Effect

• All of the options are correct

Who conducted the Stanford Prison Study?

• Stanley Milgram

• Solomon Asch

• Philip Zimbardo

• Darley and Latane

An experiment in which "participants" unanimously choose the wrong line. It is clear to you that they are wrong, but they have all given the same answer.

• Stanley Milgram Shock Experiment
• Leon Festinger Cognitive Dissonance Experiment
• Solomon Asch Line Experiment
• Philip Zimbardo Prison Experiment

The Asch Effect refers to 

• how an individual agrees with the majority, even if the majority is wrong
• how an individual disagrees with the majority, even if the majority is right
• the tendency to adapt to the people around
• a person obeying a person of authority even if the action is wrong