WorksheetsSocial Influence
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Jake conforms because he wants to be liked and accepted by the group. This is an example of conforming due to
Informational influence
Unanimity
Normative influence
Culture
John was a ten year old boy who received a text from his friend to meet at the local primary school to kick the footy with their friends. He went upstairs to ask his father for permission but his father said no, so John trudged downstairs disappointed. John’s obedience was most likely due to
Group pressure
The legitimacy of the authority figure.
Social proximity.
Informational influence
Rita is at the cinema but is unsure of what movie to see with her five year old son. She checks the IMDB app. on her phone and sees that of the two films she is considering, the first has a user rating of 7.2 but contains some scary scenes, whilst the second has a user rating of 5.8 and is suitable for children. Rita decides to buy a ticket for the second film. Her conformity in this case was most likely the result of:
Culture
Informational Influence
Group size
Normative influence
This psychologist conducted a research study using Stanford University students. I his research study, students were randomly assigned to play the part of either a guard or a prisoner in a simulated prison.
Philip Zimbardo
Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram
In this psychologist's research study, participants were told to deliver electrical shocks to a "learner" whenever an incorrect answer was given in response to a question...
Philip Zimbardo
Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram
This psychologist conducted a series of experiments that involved asking participants to determine which line in a collection was the longest.
Philip Zimbardo
Solomon Asch
Stanley Milgram
what term best describes an actor in an experiment who is working for the researcher?
confederate
participant
learner
subject
Which of the following is NOT a situational variable?
Uniform
Authoritarian Personality
Location
Proximity
Which best describes a dispositional explanation of obedience?
External situations that can impact how obedient somebody will be towards authority
Social peer pressure associated with compliance, like in Asch's study.
Internal characteristics that lead them to be more or less likely to follow the orders of an authority figure
When people act on behalf of somebody else in an agentic state
