Question 1

What percentage of Milgram's participants regretted having participated in the study?

Accepted Answer

A) 1% 
B) 5% 
C) 10% 
D) 20%

Question 2

We tend to feel more sadness when we learn about one person's death on the news than we feel when we hear of thousands killed in a natural disaster.This is

Accepted Answer

A) not true. 
B) because of personalization of the victim. 
C) due to the victims' physical distance. 
D) because we have problems thinking in large numbers.

Question 3

Compared to people in individualistic countries,those in collectivist countries are

Accepted Answer

A) more likely to express psychological reactance. 
B) more responsive to others' influence. 
C) more susceptible to the fundamental attribution error. 
D) more likely to be independent.

Question 4

In light of the Milgram studies,which of the following is NOT one of the factors that determined obedience?

Accepted Answer

A) the victim's similarity to the teacher 
B) the victim's physical distance 
C) the authority's closeness and legitimacy 
D) whether or not the authority was institutionalized

Question 5

Which researcher asked participants to offer judgments of line lengths to test conformity?

Accepted Answer

A) Milgram 
B) Asch 
C) Sherif 
D) Werther

Question 6

Conformity based on a person's desire to fulfill others' expectations,often to gain their acceptance,is called

Accepted Answer

A) compliance. 
B) acceptance. 
C) normative influence. 
D) informational influence.

Question 7

As an example of the liberating effects of group influence,___ percent of the participants in a variation of Milgram's study conformed to the confederate's behavior when the confederates defied the experimenter.

Accepted Answer

A) 90 
B) 45 
C) 20 
D) 10

Question 8

A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom is called

Accepted Answer

A) reactance. 
B) normative influence. 
C) false consensus. 
D) false uniqueness.

Question 9

Allison is a middle child,grew up in a middle-income household,has a 3.0 GPA,has red hair,and is 5'4".Which of the following is Allison most likely to mention when her blind date calls her for the first time?

Accepted Answer

A) that she is the middle child 
B) that she has red hair 
C) that she is a B-student 
D) that she is 5'4"

Question 10

After hearing so much about the dangers of smoking cigarettes from the media and seeing numbers of people who quit the habit,Jacob finally realizes that smoking is dangerous and therefore he quits.His behavior is an example of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

When William McGuire and his Yale University colleagues invited children to "tell us about yourself," they found that the children were most likely to mention their

Accepted Answer

A) gender. 
B) nationality. 
C) distinctive attributes. 
D) most common personal characteristics.

Question 12

David still thinks that the group is making a big mistake,but he decides to give into the pressure and go along with what they decide.This change is best described as

Accepted Answer

A) compliance. 
B) obedience. 
C) acceptance. 
D) independence.

Question 13

While control participants were correct about line-length judgments more than 99 percent of the time in Asch's conformity study,his naive participants conformed to the incorrect judgments of others ___ percent of the time.

Accepted Answer

A) 12 
B) 37 
C) 65 
D) 87

Question 14

Ahmed generally likes to go home to visit his family during vacation.However,after his father tells him that he must be home during spring vacation,Ahmed decides to remain at college.Ahmed's behavior is best understood in terms of

Accepted Answer

A) reaction formation. 
B) regression. 
C) psychological reactance. 
D) self-serving bias.

Question 15

After hearing a great deal about the benefits of soy products from your friends,you decide to drink soy milk instead of cow's milk.Your behavior is an example of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

Studies involving _______ most clearly demonstrate how social influence can take the form of acceptance.

Accepted Answer

A) the judgments of the length of lines 
B) the judgments of the autokinetic phenomenon 
C) the shocking of innocent victims 
D) personality factors

Question 17

Sherif's study took advantage of

Accepted Answer

A) the phi phenomenon. 
B) natural selection. 
C) obedience. 
D) the autokinetic phenomenon.

Question 18

Rivalry between groups is often most intense when the groups

Accepted Answer

A) closely resemble each other. 
B) share a common goal. 
C) are very different. 
D) are of different ethnic groups.

Question 19

Even though you really dislike wearing a dress,you decide to wear one to your cousin's wedding.This is an example of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

When Milgram asked 100 psychiatrists,college students,and middle-class adults to predict the results of his experiment,the respondents said that they thought _______ would _______.

Accepted Answer

A) they themselves;never begin to administer the shocks 
B) they themselves;disobey by about 135 volts 
C) other people;disobey by about 210 volts 
D) other people;would go all the way to 450 volts

Exam 6: Conformity and Obedience

What percentage of Milgram's participants regretted having participated in the study?

We tend to feel more sadness when we learn about one person's death on the news than we feel when we hear of thousands killed in a natural disaster.This is

Compared to people in individualistic countries,those in collectivist countries are

In light of the Milgram studies,which of the following is NOT one of the factors that determined obedience?

Which researcher asked participants to offer judgments of line lengths to test conformity?

Conformity based on a person's desire to fulfill others' expectations,often to gain their acceptance,is called

As an example of the liberating effects of group influence,___ percent of the participants in a variation of Milgram's study conformed to the confederate's behavior when the confederates defied the experimenter.

A motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom is called

Allison is a middle child,grew up in a middle-income household,has a 3.0 GPA,has red hair,and is 5'4".Which of the following is Allison most likely to mention when her blind date calls her for the first time?

After hearing so much about the dangers of smoking cigarettes from the media and seeing numbers of people who quit the habit,Jacob finally realizes that smoking is dangerous and therefore he quits.His behavior is an example of

When William McGuire and his Yale University colleagues invited children to "tell us about yourself," they found that the children were most likely to mention their

David still thinks that the group is making a big mistake,but he decides to give into the pressure and go along with what they decide.This change is best described as

While control participants were correct about line-length judgments more than 99 percent of the time in Asch's conformity study,his naive participants conformed to the incorrect judgments of others ___ percent of the time.

Ahmed generally likes to go home to visit his family during vacation.However,after his father tells him that he must be home during spring vacation,Ahmed decides to remain at college.Ahmed's behavior is best understood in terms of

After hearing a great deal about the benefits of soy products from your friends,you decide to drink soy milk instead of cow's milk.Your behavior is an example of

Studies involving _______ most clearly demonstrate how social influence can take the form of acceptance.

Sherif's study took advantage of

Rivalry between groups is often most intense when the groups

Even though you really dislike wearing a dress,you decide to wear one to your cousin's wedding.This is an example of

When Milgram asked 100 psychiatrists,college students,and middle-class adults to predict the results of his experiment,the respondents said that they thought _ would _.