PSY 341 Ch. 8 Conformity Review Quiz

All of the following are examples of informational social influence except

a. you are running a race, but because you are unsure of the route, you wait to check which of two roads the other runners follow

b. you've just started work at a new job, and a fire alarm goes off; you watch your coworkers to see what to do

c. when you get to college, you change the way you dress so that you "fit in" better--that is, so that people will like you more

d. you ask your adviser which classes you should take next semester

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Which of the following is true, according to social impact theory?

a. People conform more to others who are physically close to them than to others who are physically distant
b. People conform more if the others are important to them
c. People conform more to three or more people than to one or two people
d. All of the above are true

In Asch's line studies, participants who were alone when asked to report the length of the lines gave the correct answer 98% of the time. However, when they were with the confederates who sometimes gave an obviously wrong answer, 76% of participants gave the wrong answer at least once. This suggests that Asch's studies are an illustration of

a. public compliance with private acceptance
b. public compliance without private acceptance
c. informational influence
d. private compliance

Which of the following is most true about informational social influence?

a. When deciding whether to conform, people should ask themselves whether the other people know more about what is going on than they do
b. People should always try to resist it
c. People are most likely to conform when others have the same level of expertise as they do
d. Often, people publicly conform but do not privately accept this kind of influence

Brandon knows that society considers underage drinking to be wrong; he also knows, however, that on a Saturday night at his university, many of his friends will engage in this behavior. His belief that most of the public would disapprove of underage drinking is____________________, while his perception that many teenagers drink under certain circumstances is __________________.

a. an injunctive norm; a descriptive norm
b. a descriptive norm; an injunctive norm
c. a descriptive norm; conformity
d. an injunctive norm; conformity

Tom is new student at his university. During the first week of classes, he notices a fellow student from one of his classes getting on a bus. Tom decides to follow the student and discovers that this bus takes him right to the building where his class meets. This best illustrates what kind of conformity?

a. Obedience to authority
b. Informational social influence
c. Public compliance
d. Normative social influence

Which of the following best describes an example of normative social influence?

a. Carrie is studying with a group of friends. When comparing answers on the practice test, she discovers that they all answered the question differently than she had. Instead of speaking up and telling them she thinks the answer is something else, she agrees with their answer because she figures they must be right.

b. Samantha is supposed to bring a bottle of wine to a dinner party she is attending. She doesn't drink wine herself but she figures she can just ask the store clerk for advice on what kind to buy.

c. Miranda is out to lunch with her boss and coworkers. Her boss tells a joke that makes fun of a certain ethnic group, and everyone else laughs. Miranda doesn't think that joke is funny but laughs anyway.

d. Charlotte is flying on an airplane for the first time. She is worried when she hears the engine make a strange noise but feels better after she looks at the flight attendants and see that they are not alarmed

American mythology and culture often emphasize the importance of

a. not conforming
b. following authority
c. setting descriptive norms
d. normative social influence

Which of the following strategies of social influence creates a situation similar to that experienced by Milgram's study in that it relies on requests that increase severity in incremental fashion?

a. Contagion
b. Foot-in-the-door technique
c. Door-in-the-face technique
d. Descriptive norms

Which of the following had the least influence on participants' willingness to keep giving shocks in the Milgram studies?

a. Loss of personal responsibility
b. Self-justification
c. Informational social influence
d. Participants' aggression

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