Question 1

You see a person lying in the street in apparent discomfort. Unsure of whether he needs help, you observe that while other people notice him, no one else stops to offer help. Because no one else stops, you conclude that he must not need help but is probably only drunk. Your decision shows the effects of

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A)   normative social influence.
B)   informational social influence.
C)   compliance.
D)   the boomerang effect.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Acceptance is

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A)   conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure.
B)   acting in accord with a direct order.
C)   conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing.
D)   social sensitivity.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 3

In Japan, going along with others is a sign of

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A)   maturity.
B)   mindlessness.
C)   incompetence.
D)   irresponsibility.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 4

Pretend that you are a participant in Milgram's study, and you are asked how likely you are to obey the experimenter's commands. You think you would not administer much shock, but there is over a 60% chance that you would

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A)   go all the way to 450 volts, when the learner is no longer responding.
B)   administer up to 300 volts, when the learner screams his refusals to answer.
C)   administer up to 270 volts, when the learner starts to scream in agony.
D)   administer up to 120 volts, when the learner first shouts the shocks are painful.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 5

When Milgram conducted his first series of experiments with a sample of 20- to 50-year-old men, he found that over 60 percent of them

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A)   refused to deliver shocks beyond 150 volts.
B)   refused to deliver shocks past the 300-volt level.
C)   went all the way to 450 volts.
D)   asked to be released from the experiment by 135 volts.E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

You have just gone to a concert and you thought the artist was okay, but not great. At the end, people in the audience begin standing up and clapping for an encore. You would just like to go home, but as more and more people stand up, you do as well. Social psychologists refer to scenario as an example of

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A)   conformity
B)   cooperation
C)   obedience
D)   submissionE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

High school students Chas and Marnie have been dating each other casually. When Marnie's parents tell her to stop seeing Chas and ask her to go out with "nicer boys," Marnie announces that she and Chas are actually "in love" and have decided to go steady. Marnie's behaviour most likely illustrates the effects of

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A)   the false uniqueness effect.
B)   the fundamental attribution error.
C)   the self-serving bias.
D)   psychological reactance.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Charlotte and Craig are both participating in a psychology experiment and are sitting in a small room filling out some personality questionnaires. Little does she know, but Craig is a confederate of the experimenter and is displaying behaviours that are similar to her own (e.g., he shakes his leg too, he bites his lip, etc) . Craig accidentally drops his pencil case and spills pens all over the floor. According to principles of the chameleon effect, Charlotte would most likely

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A)   drop her own pencil case so that Craig doesn't feel so bad.
B)   laugh at Craig and smile at him but continue completing her questionnaires.
C)   get out of her seat and help Craig pick up the dropped pens.
D)   ignore Craig and continue completing her questionnaires.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 9

Strangers will be more likely to answer your personal questions if you type them up on your university's letterhead stationery than if you simply ask them verbally. This illustrates that people are more obedient when

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A)   there is no group influence.
B)   they get a typed request.
C)   they perceive that there is institutional authority behind a request.
D)   all of these choices.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 10

Soldiers or employees following questionable orders is an example of

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A)   conformity.
B)   obedience.
C)   persuasion.
D)   norm formation.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Chartrand and Bargh (1999)  define the "chameleon effect" as

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A)   a case where the participant imitates the behaviour of the confederate.
B)   a case where the participant is irritated by the confederate.
C)   a case where the participant disengages from any contact with the confederate.
D)   None of the aboveE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

Sherif is to the study of ______________ as Asch is to the study of ______________.

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A)   conformity; compliance
B)   compliance; conformity
C)   norm formation; obedience
D)   norm formation; conformityE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

According to conformity research, a group's social power is deflated when it loses its

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A)   agenda.
B)   anonymity.
C)   unanimity.
D)   heterogeneity.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

In experiments, people have been found to conform more when they must ____________ than when they are allowed to ____________.

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A)   respond publicly; write down their responses in private
B)   commit themselves in writing; announce their responses in public
C)   think before acting; react spontaneously
D)   explain their responses; keep silentE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 15

The fact that ordinary soldiers will follow orders to shoot defenceless civilians indicates that

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A)   human nature is evil.
B)   under the sway of evil forces, even nice people are sometimes corrupted.
C)   ordinary soldiers are cruel.
D)   leaders always make ordinary people go astray. or divert them from the right way of living.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Conformity is

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A)   not real.
B)   a change in behaviour or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure.
C)   an individual construct.
D)   a behaviour involving arrogance.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 17

Tisha started going to church only because her boyfriend wanted to go. She continues to go now, even though she broke up with him, because she really gets a lot out of the service. What principle does Tisha's experience illustrate?

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A)   the false consensus effect
B)   the foot-in-the-door principle
C)   acceptance can increase cohesion
D)   acceptance sometimes follows complianceE) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Conformity has several varieties, including compliance, obedience, and acceptance. Define each and describe how they are different using examples.

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Question 19

Jennifer thinks it's stupid to dress up to go to church, given that she never dresses up any other time. Yet she dresses up anyway in order to fit in. Her behaviour reflects the process of

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A)   compliance.
B)   acceptance.
C)   reactance.
D)   informational social influence.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

In a study by Snyder, students who were told that their personal attitudes were nearly identical to those of 10,000 other students __________ when they participated in a conformity experiment.

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A)   were judged most attractive by their fellow participants
B)   were more willing to obey the experimenter's request to make a public commitment to a popular cause
C)   took on additional attitudes as well as the mannerisms of the majority
D)   asserted their individuality by being nonconformistE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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