REVISION Social Influence 1

Which of these statements describes identification?

• A long term public and private change

• A public (but not private) change

• A private change

• A short term public and private change

Answer explanation

A is internalisation

B is compliance

Which of these is not a variation of Asch's experiment named on the specification?

• Task difficulty

• Group size

• Unanimity

• Uniform

Answer explanation

D is Milgram not Asch

Which variation of Asch's experiment works well to show normative social influence?

• Task difficulty

• Group size

• Unanimity

• Locus of control

Zimbardo's research in the Stanford Prison Experiment is an example of...

• Conformity to social roles

• Obedience

• Independent behaviour

• Normative social influence

Which ethical issue is least relevant to Zimbardo?

• Informed consent

• Right to withdraw

• Confidentiality

• Psychological harm

Which of these are the situational variables affecting obedience as investigated by Milgram?

• Legitimate Authority, Agentic State

• Uniform, Location, Proximity

• Social Support, Locus of Control

• Group Size, Unanimity, Task Difficulty

Answer explanation

A = explanation of obedience

C = explanation for resistance to social influence

D = Asch

You are required to know to explanations for obedience but which one of these statements is not relevant to either?

• When an individual acts as an agent of someone else and acts out their orders

• When the teacher and learner were in the same room

• The amount of social power one person has over an other

• There is a reduction in personal responsibility for action when an individual shifts from an autonomous state

Answer explanation

A and D is agentic state

C is legitimate authority

Which of the following is not a feature of the authoritarian personality?

• Develops from harsh/strict parenting

• Inflexible view point

• Disobedience to authority

• Intolerance of those who are weak

Which of these statements is false?

• Adorno measured the authoritarian personality using an experiment

• There is research support for the authoritarian personality

• There are methodological criticisms of research into the authoritarian personality

• There may be individual differences in how the authoritarian personality develops

Answer explanation

Adorno developed a questionnaire called the Californian F scale

Which of these is an explanation of resisting social influence?

• Normative social influence

• Informational social influence

• Compliance

• Social support