Deck 17: A: Reading

Question 1

The main prediction in Freedman and Fraser's first field experiment on compliance, in which they were ostensibly concerned with the inventory of household products in subjects' homes, was that the subjects:

A) in the One-Contact condition would be most likely to comply with a large request.
B) in the Agree-Only condition would refuse to carry out the first, smaller request.
C) in the Familiarization condition would refuse to comply with the first, smaller request.
D) in the Performance condition would be more likely to agree to the larger request than subjects in any other experimental condition.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The major reason why Freedman and Fraser found it necessary to conduct a second experimental test of their compliance hypothesis was:

A) the first experiment didn't adequately answer the questions of why and how agreeing to an initial request increases compliance with a second request.
B) the first experiment didn't adequately answer the questions of why and how complying with the first, smaller request failed to increase compliance with the second, larger request.
C) the first experiment involved unethical experimental practices that invalidated the findings.
D) the second experiment was conducted to take advantage of a new interviewing technique that allowed the same experimenter to contact the subjects on both the first and second requests.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

In their second experiment, where subjects were asked to install a large sign on their front lawns, Freedman and Fraser found all of the following results except:

A) there were no significant differences among the experimental conditions in the proportion of subjects who complied with the initial request.
B) in the conditions where the first and second requests were similar in nature, there was significantly more compliance than in the conditions where the first and second requests were different in nature.
C) merely having been given a first request tended to increase compliance with a second request, regardless of whether subjects agreed to perform the first request.
D) having different interviewers for the first and second requests had no significant effect on the degree of compliance with the second request.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In Freedman and Fraser's first experiment, the independent (or manipulated) variable was:

A) the size of the request.
B) the sex of the experimenter.
C) the homeowner's prior attitude about the products they rated.
D) the affluence of the homeowner.