Exam 8: Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Amanda is assigned to a group to take a quiz (which actually doesn't count towards the course grade).For one of the questions, she is certain the correct answer is C, but the rest of her group all says the answer is A.Based on information about the Asch line studies, how would Amanda be likely to respond?

Which of the following variations of Milgram's (1963) original obedience experiment provides the strongest evidence of the operation of normative conformity when participants administer electric shocks to a confederate learner?

Researchers (Bond & Smith, 1996) conducted a meta-analysis of 133 Asch line-judgment studies conducted in 17 countries.They found that conformity was higher in ________ because normative social influence ________.

Catherine and Gabriel are picnicking in the park.They would be least likely to litter when

In a situation such as the War of the Worlds broadcast, where the situation is highly ambiguous, once people begin to believe they know what is happening, they tend to

Recall that in a field experiment described in the text, participants were more likely to properly dispose of a handbill left on their windshields when they saw a confederate pick up and dispose of a fast food bag.Results of this experiment reveal the power of ________ to reduce littering behaviors.

Recall that in an Asch-type conformity experiment (Frager, 1970), Japanese students were less conforming than were North Americans.According to researchers, these findings suggest that

When it comes to informational social influence processes, we are more likely to conform with experts' ideas and behaviors than with nonexperts' because

Results from a recent fMRI study replicated Asch's line judgment study.The results of the fMRI suggest that when participants judged rotated figures and stated a correct answer when the others around them unanimously stated an incorrect answer, the area of the brain that was active was the

The Asch line studies were conducted over fifty years ago, and society has changed quite a bit.A recent study involving fMRI and the line judgment task attempted to replicate some of Asch's results.What were the results of this study?

Victor goes to a fancy French restaurant.There are utensils on the table that he's never even seen before, and more spoons and forks than he's ever seen on one table.Eager to dine in an appropriate and sophisticated way, Victor secretly watches other diners to see what they do.This is an example of

Discuss the role of both informational and normative influence in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.

In all likelihood, participants in Milgram's obedience experiments (conducted in the 1960s and 1970s) were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them.Such concerns reflect the power of ________ to induce obedience to authority.

Mark is a Democrat.He just joined a Welfare Reform Committee made up of nine Republicans.Mark holds a minority opinion on this issue.If Mark wants his opinion to influence the group's final recommendations, he should

People are especially likely to conform due to informational social influence

Milgram found that about ________ percent of his participants went all the way to 450 volts in his original experiment.

In Japan, some teens become hikikomori, often after being victims of severe bullying.Someone who is hikikomori can be described as

Burger (2009) conducted a replication of Milgram's studies on obedience.One of the modifications to Milgram's original method was that Burger stopped the study after participants had reached 150 volts (rather than 450).Why did he choose the 150-volt cut-off point?

The authors of your text report instances of teens taking a "polar plunge" by jumping into freezing water.Which of the following best explains such dangerous behavior?

Suppose you wanted your friend Nick to agree to join the "Save the Seals" campaign, a campaign that most of your other friends support.You should invite Nick to a meeting of