[A-Level Psychology] Social Influence and Conformity

What type of social influence involves conforming to fit in and be accepted by a group?

• Compliance

• Internalization

• Identification

• Informational social influence

What is the term for conformity where individuals accept the influence of others and adopt the beliefs or actions willingly?

• Compliance

• Identification

• Internalization

• Normative social influence

The agentic state in Milgram's study refers to:

• The individual's internal beliefs

• Shifting responsibility to an authority figure

• Group consensus

• Conformity to social roles

Milgram's research on obedience highlighted the importance of which situational variable?

• Group size

• Proximity

• Task difficulty

• Uniform

What dispositional explanation suggests that some individuals are more likely to obey authority figures due to their personality traits?

• Social support

• Authoritarian Personality

• Locus of control

• Minority influence

Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment investigated:

• Obedience to authority

• Resistance to social influence

• Conformity to social roles

• Minority influence

In Milgram's study, which variable refers to the physical closeness of the authority figure and the participant?

• Proximity

• Uniform

• Task difficulty

• Location

What variable in Asch's study involves the level of difficulty or ambiguity of the task at hand?

• Group size

• Task difficulty

• Unanimity

• Proximity

The concept of "locus of control" is related to:

• Resistance to social influence

• Minority influence

• Obedience

• Conformity

Which term refers to the degree of agreement within a group and its impact on conformity?

• Groupthink

• Unanimity

• Social support

• Normative social influence