WorksheetsM75 Reading Check
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 11mins
The effect of one confederate selecting a different line from the others in the Asch conformity test was...
continuing conformity by the participant to avoid looking bad to the others.
the participant asking to vote privately on a separate piece of paper.
a boost to the self-efficacy of the participant.
to release the participant from the conformity effect.
to cause the experimenter to release that confederate in the next trial period, thus ensuring continued conformity by the participant.
Which of the following social psychological experiments has been considered the most unethical and led to sweeping reforms in the AP ethical guidelines?
Bandura's Bobo study of TV aggression
Asch's line test for conformity
Milgram's obedience to authority study
Sherif's boys' camp study
Jane Eliot's brown-eyed/blue-eyed study of prejudice
Which of the following best describes the impact of group size on conformity?
Conformity in a group of three is slightly less than conformity in a group of six.
Conformity in a group of six is about the same as conformity in a group of twenty.
Conformity in a group of ten is greater than conformity in a group of three.
Conformity is greater in very large groups than in very small groups.
Conformity is not effected by group size.
The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated the influence that _____ has on behavior.
Peer pressure
Authority
Environment
Groupthink
Evil
Jon does what his friends are doing and throws eggs at houses on Halloween, even though he knows that he should not. Jon's egg throwing is most likely due to...
obedience.
normative social influence.
social contagion.
informational social influence.
chameleon effect.
In Milgram's classic study on obedience, approximately what percentage of people delivered what they believed to be the maximum shock level?
10%
50%
33%
25%
66%
In Milgram's studies, obedience to authority was highest when...
the person receiving orders witnessed others defying the authority figure.
the person receiving orders wondered whether the person giving orders had legitimate authority.
the person supposedly receiving the shocks was physically near the person receiving the orders.
the authority figure was from a prestigious institution.
the person receiving the orders was female.
Explain two reasons why Milgram's study would not pass the ethical guidelines of an institutional review board today.
Your teacher wonders why so few students listen when they give instructions. As an AP Psychology student, you offer them 3 pointers to improve their authority in the classroom.
