Conformity to social roles

What is meant by "conformity to social roles"?

• Adopting behaviors expected in specific social situations

• Rejecting societal norms

• Ignoring social expectations

• Creating new social norms

What does "identification" involve in the context of social roles?

• Public acceptance only

• Private acceptance only

• Both public and private acceptance

• Neither public nor private acceptance

What study is used to illustrate the role of social roles in conformity?

• Milgram's obedience study

• Asch's conformity experiments

• Zimbardo's prison simulation study

• Bandura's Bobo doll experiment

What hypothesis suggests that violence in prisons is due to the nature of people?

• Situational hypothesis

• Dispositional hypothesis

• Environmental hypothesis

• Social hypothesis

What did Zimbardo's mock prison aim to separate?

• The effects of diet and exercise

• The effects of prison environment from individual nature

• The effects of education and upbringing

• The effects of media influence

What roles were randomly assigned in Zimbardo's study?

• Teachers and students

• Guards and prisoners

• Leaders and followers

• Doctors and patients

What would support the dispositional hypothesis according to Zimbardo's study?

• If no brutality occurred

• If brutality was seen

• If guards were lenient

• If prisoners were compliant

What was the daily payment offered to volunteers in the study?

• $15 a day

• $10 a day

• $20 a day

• $25 a day

What role did Zimbardo play in the study?

• Prison superintendent

• Guard

• Prisoner

• Observer

What happened to a prisoner after 36 hours?

• Released due to fits of crying and rage

• Promoted to guard

• Escaped the prison

• Transferred to another cell