Question 1

Majority influence is to ________ as ________ is to private acceptance.

Accepted Answer

A)  private acceptance; propaganda 
B)  informational power; normative power 
C)  public compliance; minority influence 
D)  norms; idiosyncrasy credit 
A)  private acceptance; propaganda 
B)  informational power; normative power 
C)  public compliance; minority influence 
D)  norms; idiosyncrasy credit

Question 2

The authors of your text note that across the studies that Milgram did investigating obedience to authority, the one factor that never made a consistent difference in how participants behaved was

Accepted Answer

A)  instructions from the experimenter. 
B)  pleas for help from the victim. 
C)  disagreement among authority figures. 
D)  disobedience from other teachers. 
A)  instructions from the experimenter. 
B)  pleas for help from the victim. 
C)  disagreement among authority figures. 
D)  disobedience from other teachers.

Question 3

Wendy's roommate is laying out her clothes for the first day of classes.Wendy wasn't sure what to wear but now has an idea and picks her outfit to be similar.This type of conformity arises from

Accepted Answer

A)  normative social influence. 
B)  voluntary obedience. 
C)  unintentional social influence. 
D)  informational social influence. 
A)  normative social influence. 
B)  voluntary obedience. 
C)  unintentional social influence. 
D)  informational social influence.

Question 4

Based on your text, which of the following is the best example of obedience to authority based on normative social influence?

Accepted Answer

A)  A bank teller gives a robber all of her money after he puts a gun in her face. 
B)  A teacher threatens to take away recess privileges unless her class behaves better. 
C)  A parent tells his child to eat her peas or "Daddy will be mad at you." 
D)  A police officer gives directions to an African-American couple that is lost. 
A)  A bank teller gives a robber all of her money after he puts a gun in her face. 
B)  A teacher threatens to take away recess privileges unless her class behaves better. 
C)  A parent tells his child to eat her peas or "Daddy will be mad at you." 
D)  A police officer gives directions to an African-American couple that is lost.

Question 5

According to your text, our construals of the concept "conformity" are shaped by

Accepted Answer

A)  personality differences. 
B)  social psychologists. 
C)  our cultural self-image. 
D)  situational pressures. 
A)  personality differences. 
B)  social psychologists. 
C)  our cultural self-image. 
D)  situational pressures.

Question 6

Bob is from Michigan.He's familiar with cultural norms that emphasize

Accepted Answer

A)  conformity. 
B)  cooperation. 
C)  individuality. 
D)  obedience to authority. 
A)  conformity. 
B)  cooperation. 
C)  individuality. 
D)  obedience to authority.

Question 7

Taking into account research on factors that increase informational social influence, which game contestant is most likely to yield to the informational social influence provided by teammates or the audience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Joaquin, playing a television game show, who answers a question whose answer he is uncertain of 
B)  Tatsuo, playing a television game show, who answers a question whose answer seems obvious to him 
C)  Marcus, playing a game with his younger cousins, when he is unsure of the answer 
D)  Yuriko, playing a game with her family, who answers a question whose answer she knows 
A)  Joaquin, playing a television game show, who answers a question whose answer he is uncertain of 
B)  Tatsuo, playing a television game show, who answers a question whose answer seems obvious to him 
C)  Marcus, playing a game with his younger cousins, when he is unsure of the answer 
D)  Yuriko, playing a game with her family, who answers a question whose answer she knows

Question 8

Reynald is participating in a research study where he is watching a dot of light in a dark room.In time it appears to move.Later, he finds out that it was really stationary.This phenomenon is

Accepted Answer

A)  proof that people can start seeing things if left alone for too long. 
B)  known as the autokinetic effect. 
C)  also a test for schizophrenia. 
D)  widely used to make people conform. 
A)  proof that people can start seeing things if left alone for too long. 
B)  known as the autokinetic effect. 
C)  also a test for schizophrenia. 
D)  widely used to make people conform.

Question 9

Le Bon (1895) documented that emotions and behaviors can spread rapidly through a crowd, an effect known as

Accepted Answer

A)  mass psychogenic illness. 
B)  contagion. 
C)  persuasion. 
D)  normative social influence. 
A)  mass psychogenic illness. 
B)  contagion. 
C)  persuasion. 
D)  normative social influence.

Question 10

Describe a situation when you were the "odd man out." That is, you were the nonconformist.Did your experience resemble the Johnny Rocco study results? If so, how? If not, why not? Be sure to use vocabulary from the chapter and be specific.

Accepted Answer

[Students' description of the

Question 11

The authors of your text describe two types of social norms.Identify and describe these two types of norms, then state which type of norm is more effective in persuading people to conform.

Accepted Answer

The text describes injunctive norms as p

Question 12

Noor is in a study similar to Baron et al.(1996).She has been asked to select the person she saw in a series of photos.If she's told that her decision is not very important, she will

Accepted Answer

A)  conform more than when the decision is very important. 
B)  not conform at all. 
C)  conform less than when the decision is very important. 
D)  conform about as much as when the decision is important. 
A)  conform more than when the decision is very important. 
B)  not conform at all. 
C)  conform less than when the decision is very important. 
D)  conform about as much as when the decision is important.

Question 13

________ is defined as "the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the communicator."

Accepted Answer

A)  Propaganda 
B)  Persuasion 
C)  Conformity 
D)  Influence 
A)  Propaganda 
B)  Persuasion 
C)  Conformity 
D)  Influence

Question 14

Charlene typically goes along with what her group of friends wants and asks of her.However, one day she refuses to meet them for smoothies after class.Chances are, Charlene will face little retribution for this as long as she has enough

Accepted Answer

A)  confidence. 
B)  power. 
C)  independence. 
D)  idiosyncrasy credits. 
A)  confidence. 
B)  power. 
C)  independence. 
D)  idiosyncrasy credits.

Question 15

Pierre joins the other concertgoers in giving the symphony a standing ovation, even though he thought the performance was merely adequate.The next morning, Pierre confides to his girlfriend that the performance was "satisfactory, but not overwhelming." In joining the standing ovation, Pierre displayed what kind of conformity?

Accepted Answer

A)  private acceptance 
B)  mindless conformity 
C)  public compliance 
D)  social deviance 
A)  private acceptance 
B)  mindless conformity 
C)  public compliance 
D)  social deviance

Question 16

Wilson is part of a group and has a different opinion from the rest of the group.He can successfully influence the majority group through

Accepted Answer

A)  informational social influence. 
B)  normative social influence. 
C)  public compliance. 
D)  assertive verbal jousting. 
A)  informational social influence. 
B)  normative social influence. 
C)  public compliance. 
D)  assertive verbal jousting.

Question 17

Which situation below best exemplifies the tenet of social impact theory that immediacy is directly related to conformity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mariah will debate actively with her roommate, but during class debates, she is quiet even when she has strong opinions. 
B)  John won't smoke around his girlfriend, but he does smoke when he talks to her on the phone. 
C)  Toby pierces his tongue because his friends are into body piercing, even though his parents disapprove. 
D)  Kelly will walk around in her bathing suit at the pool when there are just other women around, but she wraps a towel around her hips when any men are around. 
A)  Mariah will debate actively with her roommate, but during class debates, she is quiet even when she has strong opinions. 
B)  John won't smoke around his girlfriend, but he does smoke when he talks to her on the phone. 
C)  Toby pierces his tongue because his friends are into body piercing, even though his parents disapprove. 
D)  Kelly will walk around in her bathing suit at the pool when there are just other women around, but she wraps a towel around her hips when any men are around.

Question 18

When Steven goes to his fraternity meeting, all of the following factors will increase the impact of informational social influence on him EXCEPT the

Accepted Answer

A)  ambiguity of the situation. 
B)  importance of the group. 
C)  extent to which a situation is a crisis. 
D)  expertise of others. 
A)  ambiguity of the situation. 
B)  importance of the group. 
C)  extent to which a situation is a crisis. 
D)  expertise of others.

Question 19

It is likely that participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and 1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because when confronted with a confusing, unfamiliar, and upsetting situation, they would turn to the experimenter for cues as to how to proceed.This speculation in essence identifies ________ as a source of participants' destructive obedience.

Accepted Answer

A)  social norms 
B)  normative social influence 
C)  informational social influence 
D)  latent sadism 
A)  social norms 
B)  normative social influence 
C)  informational social influence 
D)  latent sadism

Question 20

Believing that others are right is to ________ as conforming without believing is to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  public compliance; private acceptance 
B)  private acceptance; autokinetic effect 
C)  private acceptance: public compliance 
D)  public compliance; autokinetic effect 
A)  public compliance; private acceptance 
B)  private acceptance; autokinetic effect 
C)  private acceptance: public compliance 
D)  public compliance; autokinetic effect

Majority influence is to as is to private acceptance.

The authors of your text note that across the studies that Milgram did investigating obedience to authority, the one factor that never made a consistent difference in how participants behaved was

Wendy's roommate is laying out her clothes for the first day of classes.Wendy wasn't sure what to wear but now has an idea and picks her outfit to be similar.This type of conformity arises from

Based on your text, which of the following is the best example of obedience to authority based on normative social influence?

According to your text, our construals of the concept "conformity" are shaped by

Bob is from Michigan.He's familiar with cultural norms that emphasize

Taking into account research on factors that increase informational social influence, which game contestant is most likely to yield to the informational social influence provided by teammates or the audience?

Reynald is participating in a research study where he is watching a dot of light in a dark room.In time it appears to move.Later, he finds out that it was really stationary.This phenomenon is

Le Bon (1895) documented that emotions and behaviors can spread rapidly through a crowd, an effect known as

Describe a situation when you were the "odd man out." That is, you were the nonconformist.Did your experience resemble the Johnny Rocco study results? If so, how? If not, why not? Be sure to use vocabulary from the chapter and be specific.

The authors of your text describe two types of social norms.Identify and describe these two types of norms, then state which type of norm is more effective in persuading people to conform.

Noor is in a study similar to Baron et al.(1996).She has been asked to select the person she saw in a series of photos.If she's told that her decision is not very important, she will

________ is defined as "the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the communicator."

Charlene typically goes along with what her group of friends wants and asks of her.However, one day she refuses to meet them for smoothies after class.Chances are, Charlene will face little retribution for this as long as she has enough

Wilson is part of a group and has a different opinion from the rest of the group.He can successfully influence the majority group through

Which situation below best exemplifies the tenet of social impact theory that immediacy is directly related to conformity?

When Steven goes to his fraternity meeting, all of the following factors will increase the impact of informational social influence on him EXCEPT the

Believing that others are right is to as conforming without believing is to .

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Exam 8: Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Majority influence is to ________ as ________ is to private acceptance.

The authors of your text note that across the studies that Milgram did investigating obedience to authority, the one factor that never made a consistent difference in how participants behaved was

Wendy's roommate is laying out her clothes for the first day of classes.Wendy wasn't sure what to wear but now has an idea and picks her outfit to be similar.This type of conformity arises from

Based on your text, which of the following is the best example of obedience to authority based on normative social influence?

According to your text, our construals of the concept "conformity" are shaped by

Bob is from Michigan.He's familiar with cultural norms that emphasize

Taking into account research on factors that increase informational social influence, which game contestant is most likely to yield to the informational social influence provided by teammates or the audience?

Reynald is participating in a research study where he is watching a dot of light in a dark room.In time it appears to move.Later, he finds out that it was really stationary.This phenomenon is

Le Bon (1895) documented that emotions and behaviors can spread rapidly through a crowd, an effect known as

Describe a situation when you were the "odd man out." That is, you were the nonconformist.Did your experience resemble the Johnny Rocco study results? If so, how? If not, why not? Be sure to use vocabulary from the chapter and be specific.

The authors of your text describe two types of social norms.Identify and describe these two types of norms, then state which type of norm is more effective in persuading people to conform.

Noor is in a study similar to Baron et al.(1996).She has been asked to select the person she saw in a series of photos.If she's told that her decision is not very important, she will

________ is defined as "the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the communicator."

Charlene typically goes along with what her group of friends wants and asks of her.However, one day she refuses to meet them for smoothies after class.Chances are, Charlene will face little retribution for this as long as she has enough

Wilson is part of a group and has a different opinion from the rest of the group.He can successfully influence the majority group through

Which situation below best exemplifies the tenet of social impact theory that immediacy is directly related to conformity?

When Steven goes to his fraternity meeting, all of the following factors will increase the impact of informational social influence on him EXCEPT the

Believing that others are right is to ________ as conforming without believing is to ________.

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions: the Costs and Benefits of Dissonance Reduction

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People Can We Prevent It

Prejudice: Causes Consequences and Cures

Making a Difference With Social Psychology: Attaining a Sustainable Future

Social Psychology and Health

Social Psychology and the Law

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Majority influence is to as is to private acceptance.

Believing that others are right is to as conforming without believing is to .