FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIAL

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SOCIAL

INFLUENCE EXAM QUESTIONS

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-Guarantee passing score -40 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation

Question 1: Unanimity of the majority

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A situational variable affecting conformity; if the group all agree, we are more likely to conform (due to NSI and/or ISI)

Question 2: Milgram variations

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Changed the proximity of the authority and victim, tried with and without the lab coat, and moved the experiment to a run-down office

Question 3: Allies

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A situational variable affecting obedience; if other people are disobeying, we are less likely to obey

Question 4: Identification

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Where people change their beliefs (sometimes temporarily) to fit in with a group or want to appear to belong to the group

Question 5: Location

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A situational variable affecting obedience; the more official the environment (e.g. a University lab), the more we obey

Question 6: Group size

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A situational variable affecting conformity; the bigger the majority, the more we conform (due to NSI and/or ISI)

Question 7: Legitimacy of authority

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An explanation for obedience which says we follow people who have power over us because they are higher up the social hierarchy, especially if they have the support of an institutional framework

Question 8: Compliance

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Superficial type of conformity where people conform publicly by privately disagree

Question 9: Normative social influence

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An explanation for conformity which says we conform in order to fit in

Question 10: Nemeth & Brilmayer

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Jurors were more likely to be influenced by a confederate juror who was willing to compromise over the level of compensation given to the victim

Question 11: Elms & Milgram

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Discovered that obedient participants in the original shock study were likely to have a higher F score

Question 12: Asch variations

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Changed the difficulty of the task, the group size, the unanimity of the majority and whether they answered out loud or in private

Question 13: Internal locus of control

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An explanation for resistance to social influence which focuses on individual beliefs. Those with this mindset believe that they are responsible for their future and prefer to be leaders, so are less likely to obey or conform.

Question 14: Cognitive conflict

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When the majority have to consider the minority's views, and it creates a debate

Question 15: Commitment

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A characteristic needed by a minority to be influential. Being willing to take risks and stick to your cause.

Question 16: Drawing attention to the issue

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The first step needed for a social change to occur; the minority must be visible and vocal, by making protests

Question 17: F Scale

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Adorno's questionnaire scale method of measuring a person's level of authoritarianism

Question 18: Task difficulty

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A situational variable affecting conformity; the harder the challenge, the more people conform (due to ISI)

Question 19: Authoritarian Personality

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A dispositional explanation for obedience that says some are taught to have extreme respect for authority, while having contempt for inferior social status.

Question 20: Augmentation principle

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A vital stage in social change whereby the minority takes risks and is willing to make sacrifices

Question 21: Uniform

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A situational variable affecting obedience; a person's official clothing may signify high status

Question 22: Avtgis

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Discovered that people with a high internal locus of control were significantly less likely to be persuaded, influenced or to conform - compared to high external LoC

Question 23: Zimbardo

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Created a fake prison environment at Stanford University to see if student participants would conform to their roles

Question 24: Jenness

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Participants guessing the number of beans in a jar would change their second guess to be closer to the group estimate

Question 25: Internalisation

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Where people change their beliefs permanently

Question 26: Institutional framework

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The backing needed to lend legitimacy to an authority - for example, the military is the institutional framework helping superior ranks to be legitimate.

Question 27: Binding factors

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Factors in a study which reduce moral strain and allow us to obey (e.g. not being held responsible)