Minority Influence Quiz

What term refers to a cognitive bias in memory experienced by whole cultures after a social change has taken place?

• Social critical amnesia

• Socio amnesia

• Social crypto amnesia

• Social influence

Which is the correct order of the stages in explaining the initiation, maintenance, and finalisation of social change?

• Obedience, majority influence, minority influence

• Majority influence, minority influence, obedience

• Minority influence, majority influence, obedience

• Minority influence, obedience, majority influence

Which statement is FALSE in describing the role of minority influence in social change?

• Minority influence directly affects social change

• Minority influence may not be appropriate for when social change is needed quickly

• Minorities are perceived as deviant and have little impact on a majority initially

• Minorities produce a social change slowly

Which type of social influence does minority influence lead to?

• Compliance

• Identification

• Internalisation

Which statement is FALSE in describing Moscovici's study?

• There were two confederates in each trial

• Participants were shown 36 slides

• Confederates were instructed to say the slides were blue

• There were three conditions in the experiment

• All participants were female

In the consistent condition, what % of trials did participants answer 'green' ?

• 8.0%

• 8.2%

• 8.4%

• 8.6%

In the inconsistent condition, what % of trials did participants answer 'green'?

• 1.3%

• 1.5%

• 1.7%

• 1.9%

Nemeth's (1987) study involving a simulated jury situation with participants discussing a ski lift accident, provides supporting research for which behavioural style?

• Commitment

• Consistency

• Flexibility

Wood et al (1994) conducted a ____________ of 100 studies on minority influence

Research investigating minority influence can be easily applied to real life situations

• True

• False