Deck 1: Social Influence

Question 1

The Stanford prison experiment was carried out by:

A)Haney et al.C18
B)Milgram
C)Asch
D)Franzoi
E)Bales and Slater

Answer 1

Haney et al.C18

Question 2

Which term best describes when someone shows influence from another group because they genuinely agree with their views?

A)Internalisation
B)Compliance
C)Identification
D)Obedience
E)Peer pressure

Answer 2

Internalisation

Question 3

In Asch's(1951, 1956) original studies, a conformity rate of 37% was found using non-students. When students were used as the participants, conformity fell to:

A)0.35
B)0.29
C)0.27
D)0.12
E)0.03

Answer 3

0.29

Question 4

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A)Individuals who are high in conscientiousness are more conformist
B)Conformity is greater in collectivistic cultures
C)Uniqueness is valued more in individualistic cultures
D)25% of participants in the Asch study never conformed to the wrong answer
E)50% of participants in the Asch study defied the group on a majority of trials

Question 5

What situation(s) were not used in the Deutsch and Gerrard(1955) study

A)Group
B)Cultural
C)Face-to-face
D)Anonymous
E)All of these