Chapter 6: Conformity & Obedience

1. Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure

• Obedience

• Acceptance

• Compliance

1. A type of compliance involving acting in accord with a direct order or command

• Obedience

• Acceptance

• Compliance

1. Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing.

• Obedience

• Acceptance

• Compliance

1. Match the study with the method: Sherif’s Studies of Norm Formation

• Autokinetic phenomenon

• Lines

• Shocks

Match the study with the method: Asch’s Studies of Group Pressure

• Autokinetic phenomenon

• Lines

• Shocks

1. Match the study with the method: Milgram’s Obedience Studies

• Autokinetic phenomenon

• Lines

• Shocks

1. Which of the following breeds obedience? (choose all applicable options)

• 1. The victim’s emotional distance

• 1. The authority’s closeness and legitimacy

• 1. If the authority is part of a respected institution

• 1. The liberating effects of group influence

1. People higher in agreeableness and conscientiousness are more likely to conform

• Personality

• Culture

• Social Roles

1. People high in openness to experience are less likely to conform

• Personality

• Culture

• Social Roles

1. Shift of one’s behavior, values, and identity due to conforming

• Personality

• Culture

• Social Roles