Question 1

In most research on obedience:

Accepted Answer

A)  ethical issues have not been considered by the researchers 
B)  participants typically are not asked to do anything contrary to their ethical standards 
C)  an authority figure asks someone to do something harmful to another person 
D)  researchers are interested primarily in whether group pressure can make participants do something they usually would not do 
E)  researchers are interested primarily in the personality traits of those who obey commands resulting in harmful behaviour 
A)  ethical issues have not been considered by the researchers 
B)  participants typically are not asked to do anything contrary to their ethical standards 
C)  an authority figure asks someone to do something harmful to another person 
D)  researchers are interested primarily in whether group pressure can make participants do something they usually would not do 
E)  researchers are interested primarily in the personality traits of those who obey commands resulting in harmful behaviour C

Question 2

Which of the following best illustrates reciprocal determinism in social learning?

Accepted Answer

A)  copying the leap of a ballet dancer 
B)  throwing a brick through a window after observing someone doing the same thing 
C)  choosing to join a biker gang and being influenced by models in the gang 
D)  dressing like someone in your peer group 
E)  performing better on a team of excellent players 
A)  copying the leap of a ballet dancer 
B)  throwing a brick through a window after observing someone doing the same thing 
C)  choosing to join a biker gang and being influenced by models in the gang 
D)  dressing like someone in your peer group 
E)  performing better on a team of excellent players C

Question 3

The explanation suggested for the success of the low-ball technique for inducing compliance is:

Accepted Answer

A)  commitment 
B)  self-presentation 
C)  reciprocal concessions 
D)  self-perception 
E)  none of the above 
A)  commitment 
B)  self-presentation 
C)  reciprocal concessions 
D)  self-perception 
E)  none of the above A

Question 4

You begin to write your exam faster having noticed that the student to your left has asked for extra paper. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  social reinforcement 
B)  conformity 
C)  compliance 
D)  coaction effects 
E)  evaluation apprehension 
A)  social reinforcement 
B)  conformity 
C)  compliance 
D)  coaction effects 
E)  evaluation apprehension

Question 5

When an individual is influenced by the presence of a person who is participating in the same event, the phenomenon is termed:

Accepted Answer

A)  social facilitation 
B)  the audience effect 
C)  the coaction effect 
D)  social inhibition 
E)  evaluation apprehension 
A)  social facilitation 
B)  the audience effect 
C)  the coaction effect 
D)  social inhibition 
E)  evaluation apprehension

Question 6

Research on the manner in which a minority presents its views indicates that the minority is most effective if it is:

Accepted Answer

A)  consistent on major points 
B)  flexible rather than rigid 
C)  consistent on major and minor points 
D)  rigid and dogmatic 
E)  a and b 
A)  consistent on major points 
B)  flexible rather than rigid 
C)  consistent on major and minor points 
D)  rigid and dogmatic 
E)  a and b

Question 7

Patricia wants her brother Mike to look after her children for a weekend. First she asks him if he will take them up to his cottage when he goes there for two weeks in August. When he refuses, she asks if he will look after them for a weekend in August instead, and he agrees to do so. This is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the foot-in-the-door technique 
B)  the low-ball technique 
C)  the door-in-the-face technique 
D)  the that's-not-all technique 
E)  the indirect influence technique 
A)  the foot-in-the-door technique 
B)  the low-ball technique 
C)  the door-in-the-face technique 
D)  the that's-not-all technique 
E)  the indirect influence technique

Question 8

The results of the experiment by Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986) in which participants were to disturb an 'applicant' while he was doing a test by making negative remarks about his test achievement, suggest that:

Accepted Answer

A)  the findings by Milgram can only be obtained when people are to be shocked 
B)  this type of psychological harm is easier to perpetrate than physical violence 
C)  it is easier to perpetrate physical violence than psychological harm 
D)  Milgram's results cannot be replicated across a number of different social groups 
E)  the Milgram-type research emphasizes the powerful effects of moral character on behavior 
A)  the findings by Milgram can only be obtained when people are to be shocked 
B)  this type of psychological harm is easier to perpetrate than physical violence 
C)  it is easier to perpetrate physical violence than psychological harm 
D)  Milgram's results cannot be replicated across a number of different social groups 
E)  the Milgram-type research emphasizes the powerful effects of moral character on behavior

Question 9

Social facilitation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  doing what you have been ordered to do 
B)  changing your behaviour or opinion to become similar to that of others 
C)  increasing the level of an activity due to the presence of another person 
D)  yielding to a request by another person 
E)  engaging in cooperative efforts to improve your social environment 
A)  doing what you have been ordered to do 
B)  changing your behaviour or opinion to become similar to that of others 
C)  increasing the level of an activity due to the presence of another person 
D)  yielding to a request by another person 
E)  engaging in cooperative efforts to improve your social environment

Question 10

In their meta-analysis of Asch-type research in 17 nations, Bond and Smith (1996) found:

Accepted Answer

A)  people in collectivist cultures conformed more 
B)  people in individualist cultures conformed more 
C)  people in most cultures conformed equally 
D)  people in society conformed more 
E)  people conformed only with curved lines 
A)  people in collectivist cultures conformed more 
B)  people in individualist cultures conformed more 
C)  people in most cultures conformed equally 
D)  people in society conformed more 
E)  people conformed only with curved lines

Question 11

With regard to compliance, a person:

Accepted Answer

A)  follows the directive of an authority 
B)  goes along with a request 
C)  changes the attitudes, feelings or actions of another person 
D)  goes along with other people when no direct request is made 
E)  changes behaviour in line with others just because everyone else is doing it 
A)  follows the directive of an authority 
B)  goes along with a request 
C)  changes the attitudes, feelings or actions of another person 
D)  goes along with other people when no direct request is made 
E)  changes behaviour in line with others just because everyone else is doing it

Question 12

__________ occurs when an individual, under no direct pressure to do so, modifies his or her beliefs or behaviours so that they are similar to those of other individuals.

Accepted Answer

A)  Compliance 
B)  Obedience 
C)  Conformity 
D)  Acceptance 
E)  Interaction 
A)  Compliance 
B)  Obedience 
C)  Conformity 
D)  Acceptance 
E)  Interaction

Question 13

Soloman Asch is famous for his experiments on:

Accepted Answer

A)  compliance 
B)  obedience 
C)  coaction 
D)  conformity 
E)  social psychology 
A)  compliance 
B)  obedience 
C)  coaction 
D)  conformity 
E)  social psychology

Question 14

In one of Milgram's experiments, in which the subject was required to hold the victim's hand on the shock plate, what percentage of participants were willing to administer the shocks?

Accepted Answer

A)  30 per cent 
B)  5 per cent 
C)  20 per cent 
D)  15 per cent 
E)  62 per cent 
A)  30 per cent 
B)  5 per cent 
C)  20 per cent 
D)  15 per cent 
E)  62 per cent

Question 15

According to Allport's (1924) conclusion after studying social facilitation:

Accepted Answer

A)  coaction effects result in inferior performance 
B)  overt responses are facilitated in the presence of a coworker 
C)  thinking is facilitated in the presence of coworkers 
D)  thinking is hampered in the presence of coworkers 
E)  both b and d 
A)  coaction effects result in inferior performance 
B)  overt responses are facilitated in the presence of a coworker 
C)  thinking is facilitated in the presence of coworkers 
D)  thinking is hampered in the presence of coworkers 
E)  both b and d

Question 16

The autokinetic effect represents an example of the ________ of conformity.

Accepted Answer

A)  informational influence 
B)  normative influence 
C)  compliance influence 
D)  mirror neuron 
E)  none of the above 
A)  informational influence 
B)  normative influence 
C)  compliance influence 
D)  mirror neuron 
E)  none of the above

Question 17

Who are the least likely to conform with opinions/behaviours of the majority?

Accepted Answer

A)  individuals with low self-esteem 
B)  individuals in non-cohesive groups 
C)  individuals of low status 
D)  individuals with no supporters in the group 
E)  individuals in ambiguous situations 
A)  individuals with low self-esteem 
B)  individuals in non-cohesive groups 
C)  individuals of low status 
D)  individuals with no supporters in the group 
E)  individuals in ambiguous situations

Question 18

In the studies in which nurses were ordered by doctors to give patients an overdose of a certain medicine:

Accepted Answer

A)  no nurse was willing to obey the doctor's orders 
B)  only 11 percent of the nurses in this experiment were willing to issue an overdose on the doctor's authority 
C)  95 percent of the nurses in this experiment were willing to issue an overdose of the medicine on the doctor's authority 
D)  11 percent of those who were familiar with the medicine were willing to issue an overdose of the medicine on the doctor's authority 
E)  both c and d 
A)  no nurse was willing to obey the doctor's orders 
B)  only 11 percent of the nurses in this experiment were willing to issue an overdose on the doctor's authority 
C)  95 percent of the nurses in this experiment were willing to issue an overdose of the medicine on the doctor's authority 
D)  11 percent of those who were familiar with the medicine were willing to issue an overdose of the medicine on the doctor's authority 
E)  both c and d

Question 19

Stanley Milgram is famous for his experiments on:

Accepted Answer

A)  obedience to authority 
B)  compliance 
C)  guilt-induced compliance 
D)  social modeling of anti-social behavior 
E)  all of the above 
A)  obedience to authority 
B)  compliance 
C)  guilt-induced compliance 
D)  social modeling of anti-social behavior 
E)  all of the above

Question 20

In the experiment by Buehler and Griffin (1994) where participants were required to decide whether the white police officer or a black teenager driving a stolen car were responsible for the officer shooting the teenager,:

Accepted Answer

A)  participants' interpretations of the roles of the victims and the police became less extreme as they reconsidered the evidence 
B)  participants made the same decision they thought other group members were making 
C)  the researcher concluded that participants reconstructed the facts to support their decisions 
D)  all of the above 
E)  b and c 
A)  participants' interpretations of the roles of the victims and the police became less extreme as they reconsidered the evidence 
B)  participants made the same decision they thought other group members were making 
C)  the researcher concluded that participants reconstructed the facts to support their decisions 
D)  all of the above 
E)  b and c

In most research on obedience:

Which of the following best illustrates reciprocal determinism in social learning?

The explanation suggested for the success of the low-ball technique for inducing compliance is:

You begin to write your exam faster having noticed that the student to your left has asked for extra paper. This is an example of:

When an individual is influenced by the presence of a person who is participating in the same event, the phenomenon is termed:

Research on the manner in which a minority presents its views indicates that the minority is most effective if it is:

The results of the experiment by Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986) in which participants were to disturb an 'applicant' while he was doing a test by making negative remarks about his test achievement, suggest that:

Social facilitation refers to:

In their meta-analysis of Asch-type research in 17 nations, Bond and Smith (1996) found:

With regard to compliance, a person:

__________ occurs when an individual, under no direct pressure to do so, modifies his or her beliefs or behaviours so that they are similar to those of other individuals.

Soloman Asch is famous for his experiments on:

In one of Milgram's experiments, in which the subject was required to hold the victim's hand on the shock plate, what percentage of participants were willing to administer the shocks?

According to Allport's (1924) conclusion after studying social facilitation:

The autokinetic effect represents an example of the ________ of conformity.

Who are the least likely to conform with opinions/behaviours of the majority?

In the studies in which nurses were ordered by doctors to give patients an overdose of a certain medicine:

Stanley Milgram is famous for his experiments on:

In the experiment by Buehler and Griffin (1994) where participants were required to decide whether the white police officer or a black teenager driving a stolen car were responsible for the officer shooting the teenager,:

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Exam 6: Social Influence

In most research on obedience:

Which of the following best illustrates reciprocal determinism in social learning?

The explanation suggested for the success of the low-ball technique for inducing compliance is:

You begin to write your exam faster having noticed that the student to your left has asked for extra paper. This is an example of:

When an individual is influenced by the presence of a person who is participating in the same event, the phenomenon is termed:

Research on the manner in which a minority presents its views indicates that the minority is most effective if it is:

The results of the experiment by Meeus and Raaijmakers (1986) in which participants were to disturb an 'applicant' while he was doing a test by making negative remarks about his test achievement, suggest that:

Social facilitation refers to:

In their meta-analysis of Asch-type research in 17 nations, Bond and Smith (1996) found:

With regard to compliance, a person:

__________ occurs when an individual, under no direct pressure to do so, modifies his or her beliefs or behaviours so that they are similar to those of other individuals.

Soloman Asch is famous for his experiments on:

In one of Milgram's experiments, in which the subject was required to hold the victim's hand on the shock plate, what percentage of participants were willing to administer the shocks?

According to Allport's (1924) conclusion after studying social facilitation:

The autokinetic effect represents an example of the ________ of conformity.

Who are the least likely to conform with opinions/behaviours of the majority?

In the studies in which nurses were ordered by doctors to give patients an overdose of a certain medicine:

Stanley Milgram is famous for his experiments on:

In the experiment by Buehler and Griffin (1994) where participants were required to decide whether the white police officer or a black teenager driving a stolen car were responsible for the officer shooting the teenager,:

Studying Social Behaviour

Social Perception and Cognition

The Social Self

Attitudes, Ideologies and Values

Attitude Change

Language and Communication

Interpersonal Attraction and Close Relationships

Prosocial Behaviour

Cooperation and Conflict

Aggression

Social Identity, Groups and Leadership

Prejudice

Crowds and Collective Behaviour

Applied Social Psychology

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