Topic 7-Social Influence

A change in behaviour or belief to 'fit in' with others is called:

• Obedience

• Conformity

• Congruity

• Being cool

Publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request, while privately disagreeing...

• Compliance

• Acceptance

• Consensus

• Obedience

Muzafer Sherif's classic experiment using auto-kinetic phenomenon examined...

• Non-conformity

• Pavlov's Dog

• Obedience

• Norm formation

Using a visual-perceptual task, which researcher studied the impact of 'group pressure'?

• Milgram

• Asch

• Sherif

• Festinger

Milgram's classic study, tested _________ to authority.

• Anti-Conformity

• Rebellion

• Conformity

• Obedience

Which of the following factors did NOT influence obedience in Milgram's study

• Psycho-social distance of teacher, learner and experimenter

• Status of authority

• The time of day

• Diffusion of responsibility

Which is NOT one of the factors that influences strength of conformity in Asch's experiment?

• Public response

• Cohesion of the group

• Social supporter

• The colour of the room

Milgram's experiment was inspired by the atrocities in WW2 and the "Nuremberg" Defense.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which is NOT one of the factors that influenced obedience in Milgram's study?

• Status of experimenter

• Psycho-social distance of teacher, learner and experimenter

• Gender

• Diffusion of responsibility

(All answers correct) Have you ever changed your behaviour to 'fit in' with a group?

• YES

• NO