Deck 24: Social Influence and Group Processes

Question 1

According to Stainton-Rogers (2003), which of the following is NOT a type of group?

A) Incidental groups
B) Membership groups
C) Social groups
D) Identity reference groups

Answer 1

Social groups

Question 2

Which of the following describes public and temporary change in behaviour and attitudes after being influenced by group pressure and persuasive requests?

A) Compliance
B) Conformity
C) Obedience
D) Justification

Answer 2

Compliance

Question 3

Which of the following describes private and enduring change in behaviour and attitudes after being influenced by group pressure or persuasive requests?

A) Compliance
B) Conformity
C) Obedience
D) Justification

Answer 3

Conformity

Question 4

How many sources of power did Raven (1965) identify?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 5
D) 6

Question 5

Another word for majority group influence is:

A) compliance.
B) conformity.
C) obedience.
D) justification.

Question 6

An influence type to conform to the expectation of others to gain social approval and avoid social disapproval is known as:

A) informational social influence.
B) latent social influence.
C) group social influence.
D) normative social influence.

Question 7

An influence type to accept information from another source as true and reflecting reality is known as:

A) informational social influence.
B) latent social influence.
C) group social influence.
D) normative social influence.

Question 8

Another word for minority group influence is:

A) compliance.
B) conformity.
C) obedience.
D) conversion.

Question 9

A minority group bringing about an internal and private change in the attitudes or behaviour of the majority is known as the:

A) conformity effect.
B) obedience effect.
C) conversion effect.
D) compliance effect.

Question 10

Which of the following psychologists is associated with minority group influence experiments?

A) Moskovici.
B) Asch
C) Sherif
D) Skinner.

Question 11

Zajonc's drive theory is an explanation for:

A) social facilitation and social inhibition.
B) social facilitation alone.
C) social inhibition alone.
D) none of the above.

Question 12

Which of the following describes the reduction in individual effort by group members with increasing group size?

A) The conversion effect
B) The groupthink effect
C) The Ringelmann effect
D) The conformity effect

Question 13

A change in the average position of a group on some issue in the direction of the original group norm on that issue following group discussion is known as:

A) group polarization.
B) group norms.
C) group identity.
D) groupthink.

Question 14

Which of the following are NOT necessary conditions for groupthink to operate?

A) When the group is cohesive.
B) When the group is isolated from external influence.
C) When the group leader is directive.
D) When the group has inconsistent views.

Question 15

Which psychologist is noted for their work on obedience to authority?

A) Asch
B) Skinner
C) Bandura
D) Milgram

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a leadership style according to Lippitt and White?

A) Normative
B) Democratic
C) Laissez-faire
D) Autocratic

Question 17

Which psychologist proposed realistic conflict theory to account for intergroup conflict?

A) Asch
B) Sherif
C) Milgram
D) Brown.

Question 18

Which paradigm was develop to examine the effect of perceptions of group membership on discrimination?

A) Minimal group paradigm
B) Maximal group paradigm
C) Conformity paradigm
D) Priming paradigm

Question 19

Which hypothesis suggests that merely bringing members of different groups together will reduce discrimination?

A) The mere exposure hypothesis
B) The evaluation-apprehensive hypothesis
C) The Ringelmann hypothesis
D) The contact hypothesis