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Worksheetschapter 6: conformity and obedience
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
what is conformity?
A change in behavior or belief as to the result of real or imagined group pressure.
Involves both actings and believing in accord with social pressure.
Involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing.
Complying with a direct command.
Why can't psychologists recreate Milgram's experiment?
The procedure has been destroyed
it's not cost-effective
it's unethical
it's protected under copyright law
Which researcher's work was key to our understanding of conformity?
Asch
Sherif
Milgram
Ebatan
what did the electric shock experiment show?
most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct
most people will obey orders, even when it harms others
morality is more important to people than being obedient
conformity can lead to obedience
what did the line comparison experiment reveal?
most people will obey orders, even when it harms others
conformity can lead to obedience
morality is more important to people than being obedient
most people prefer social acceptance than to be correct
which researcher's work was key to our understanding of obedience?
Milgram
Sherif
Asch
Ebatan
Our natural mimicry of others’ postures and language generally elicits liking—except when echoing others’ negative expressions, such as anger.
mass hysteria
chameleon effect
werther effect
contagious yawning
Acceptance and compliance are two varieties of obedience (Nail et al., 2000).
true
false
which researcher's work was key to our understanding of norm formation?
Milgram
Asch
Ebatan
Sherif
complying with a direct command. If your mother tells you to clean up your room and you do, that’s ___________.
obedience
acceptance
compliance
conformity
