Question 1

Sherif's study of the autokinetic phenomenon best illustrates

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A)   normative influence.
B)   informational influence.
C)   obedience.
D)   compliance.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

People feel __________ when they appear too different from others, but also feel __________ when they appear exactly like everyone else.

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A)   comfortable; uncomfortable
B)   uncomfortable; comfortable
C)   comfortable; comfortable
D)   uncomfortable; uncomfortableE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

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) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

What are the six factors that influence or predict conformity? Identify each and discuss the main conclusions with respect to each factor.

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Question 5

In a study by Swim and Hyers, students predicted how they would respond to sexist comments made by another participant during a discussion task. While ____ predicted that they would ignore the rude behaviours, _____ did not say anything about the sexist comments when actually in a discussion.

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A)   25%; 5%
B)   15%; 23%
C)   10%; 74%
D)   5%; 55%E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Experiments have demonstrated that attempts to restrict a person's freedom often produce anticonformity called

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A)   individuation.
B)   the boomerang effect.
C)   the consensus effect.
D)   personality assertion effect.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 7

When the participants in Milgram's studies were surveyed afterward about their participation in the obedience experiment, most said

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A)   they did not regret having participated.
B)   they deeply regretted having participated.
C)   they were glad to have helped but felt the study should never be repeated.
D)   they experienced guilt over their actions as participants.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 8

Going along with the crowd in order to avoid rejection is called

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A)   emotional influence.
B)   normative influence.
C)   cohesion-based influence.
D)   informational influence.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

The fact that the voltage in Milgram's research increased in 15-volt increments allowed obedient participants to

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A)   take out their increasing aggression on the learner.
B)   reduce their dissonance somewhat as the experiment progressed.
C)   deliver whatever severity of shock they felt was appropriate.
D)   None of the choices are correctE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 10

In Milgram's research, when the experimenter gave the commands by telephone instead of in person, full obedience

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A)   dropped to zero.
B)   dropped to 21 percent.
C)   dropped to 50 percent.
D)   increased to 73 percent.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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

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A)   sex.
B)   nationality.
C)   distinctive attributes.
D)   most common personal characteristics.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Peter feels like he has been in a bit of a "funk" and somewhat depressed. He decides to go camping with a bunch of his friends who are usually the "happy go lucky" type. By the end of the weekend, his mood is much improved and he feels better. This example represents the phenomenon of

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A)   mass suggestibility.
B)   the chameleon effect.
C)   mood linkage.
D)   psychological obedience.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 13

Conformity may reflect an evolutionary response to survival threats, such as disease-bearing pathogens.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Charles has been asked to make a judgment as to how long a line is and state it publicly to a group of others. He indicates that he believes the line is 20 cm long. The four other people in the group all state they think it is around 7 cm long. Charles is then given a chance to change his answer if he wants. What is Charles most likely to do in this case?

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A)   He is likely to change his answer to around 7 cm long as well.
B)   He is likely to change his answer to longer than he originally predicted.
C)   He is likely to change his answer to halfway between his original guess and the guess of the group.
D)   He is not likely to change his answer and sticks with his 20 cm long response.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

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) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Milgram is to _____________ as Sherif is to _____________.

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

Question 17

Comedy show laugh tracks capitalize on

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A)   people's hopefulness.
B)   the physical contagiousness of laughing.
C)   the Honey Phenomenon.
D)   people's suggestibility.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

A year after his original study, Sherif's participants were retested alone and gave answers that supported the original group's norm. This suggests that the process involved was really

Accepted Answer

A)   reactance.
B)   compliance.
C)   obedience.
D)   acceptance.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Research suggests that when people are given a _________, they are more likely to comply with a request from a stranger.

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A)   light touch on the arm
B)   handwritten rather than a typed letter
C)   letter rather than a telephone call
D)   sense of anonymityE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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