Unit 5: Social Psychology Studies

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.

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 

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

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

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

• Asch
• Milgram
• Eichmann
• Durkheim 

Conformity is best described as

• performing simple tasks more quickly in the presence of others.

• adjusting our behavior or thinking toward a group standard.

• neglecting critical thinking in order to preserve group harmony.

• losing self-awareness in group situations that foster anonymity.

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

In Stanley Milgram's research on obedience, the "teacher" routinely

• resisted the authority figure
• obeyed the authority figure
• conformed to the other participant's answers

Solomon Asch’s findings on conformity might best be used to explain why

• members of a family all like the taste of bananas
• adolescents follow fads in dress and hairstyle
• people are less likely to accept blame for their failures than accept credit for their successes
• performance is enhanced in the presence of others

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.