Worksheets20th-Century Experiments in Social Psychology
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which statement about social psychology experiments is justified?
Social psychology researchers may place people in unfamiliar, even confronting, social situations in their experiments.
Studies of group behaviour never require people to interact in situations that may involve power relationships and role play.
Studies of group behaviour rarely pose ethical concerns.
The studies of social psychologists do not raise issues that require careful debriefing of participants afterwards.
Performing a behaviour in response to an order given by someone in a position of power or authority is a definition of...
conformity.
social influence.
obedience.
role acceptance.
An individual’s or group’s ability to control or influence the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another person or group is a definition of...
obedience.
power.
conformity.
role.
Stanley Milgram's key interest was in investigating...
how being given a particular role, whether powerful or powerless, affects people's behaviour.
to what extent people are willing to help others in a social context.
how people respond to the commands of a perceived authority figure.
to what extent people are prepared to conform with the judgements of others in a group setting.
In Stanley Milgram's original study of power and obedience, ___ of his participants gave what they believed to be electric shocks up till the supposed "severe danger" level.
10%
65%
72%
40%
Which factor increased obedience in later versions of Milgram's study?
Reducing the distance between teacher and learner
Reducing the perceived legitimacy of the authority figure
Having a "rebel" present who refused to follow orders
Having two confederates present who obeyed all orders
Which factor most decreased obedience in later versions of Milgram's study?
The presence of a rebel, who disobeyed the authority figure's instructions
The presence of two obedient confederates, who obeyed the authority figure's instructions
Greater proximity between the "teacher" and the "learner"
Reducing the perceived legitimacy of the authority figure
Phillip Zimbardo's key interest was in investigating...
to what extent people are willing to help others in a social context.
how being ascribed a particular role, whether powerful or powerless, affects people's behaviour in a prison setting.
how people respond to the commands of a perceived authority figure.
to what extent people are prepared to conform with the judgements of others in a group setting.
Zimbardo instituted what he called a "degradation process", so that...
the "prisoner" participants would experience the same demeaning experiences as real prisoners.
the "warder" participants would experience the same demeaning experiences as real warders.
he could illustrate his commitment to maintaining ethical guidelines.
he could uphold his responsibility as a researcher to protect his participants' well-being.
The "degradation process" that Zimbardo organised for his participants at the beginning of the experiment...
...had been explained beforehand to participants as a part of their granting of consent.
...included stripping, blindfolding and delousing the participants who were to be "prisoners".
...involved placing participants in solitary confinement whenever they disobeyed the warders' commands.
...was completely within modern ethical guidelines that require "respect for persons".
Zimbardo's partner at the time convinced him to stop the experiment by saying:
"Your experiment is really interesting, but it's gone on long enough."
"You can restart the experiment later with different participants."
"Young boys are suffering and you're responsible."
"Your experiment has already found out enough about the psychology of prisons."
Adjusting one’s thoughts, feelings or behaviour in ways that are in agreement with those of a particular individual or group, or with accepted social norms, is a definition of...
power.
obedience.
dependence on a particular role.
conformity.
Solomon Asch was interested in investigating...
...to what extent people are willing to help others in a social context.
...how being given a particular role, whether powerful or powerless, affects people's behaviour.
...how people respond to the commands of a perceived authority figure.
...to what extent people are prepared to conform with the judgements of others in a group setting.
Which statement accurately represents Asch's results in his initial study of conformity?
All of the participants agreed with the confederates’ incorrect responses at least once during the trials.
About 75% of the participants agreed with the confederates’ incorrect responses at least once during the trials.
About 35% of the participants agreed with the confederates’ incorrect responses at least once during the trials.
None of the participants agreed with the confederates’ incorrect responses during the trials.
Which statement accurately represents Asch's results in his initial study of conformity?
About 33% of the participants agreed with incorrect responses in half or more of the trials.
About 60% of the participants agreed with incorrect responses in half or more of the trials.
All of the participants agreed with incorrect responses in half or more of the trials.
None of the participants agreed with incorrect responses in any of the trials.
Asch found that conformity ________ with group size, but did not change significantly once the size of the group had reached ____________.
decreased • 7 people
decreased • 4 people
increased • 7 people
increased • 4 people
Both Milgram and Asch did not give their participants an accurate representation of what the research involved. This means that each experiment involved...
a failure to debrief participants.
a significant degree of deception.
a lack of voluntary participation.
genuine physiological harm.
One principle of research ethics is that researchers must weigh up the potential dangers of the research to participants and ensure that the best interests of participants have the highest priority. This is an explanation of...
justice.
beneficence.
respect for persons.
integrity.
Another principle of research ethics is that all participants have a right to benefit from the findings of an experiment - for example, an efficacious medication or an effective learning method. This principle is called...
justice.
beneficence.
respect for persons.
integrity.
The intrinsic dignity, autonomy and human rights of the participants in a study must be protected and upheld. This overarching ethical principle is called...
respect for persons.
justice.
integrity.
beneficence.
