Social Psychology Chapter 8 Exam || Questions & Solutions (Rated A+)
Social Psychology Chapter 8 Exam || Questions & Solutions (Rated A+)
Which of the following is the most direct and powerful example of social influence?
A) Complying with a polite request made by a friend
B) Conforming to ...
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, Social Psychology Chapter 8 Exam ||
Questions & Solutions (Rated A+)
Which of the following is the most direct and powerful example of social influence?
A) Complying with a polite request made by a friend
B) Conforming to a group norm
C) Obedience to an order from an authority figure
D) Emotion-based attitudes - ANSWER - Obedience to an order from an authority figure
Which of the following statements best captures the relationship between cultural beliefs
and conformity?
A) There is little variability in how people from different cultures think about conformity.
B) Compared to many cultures, Americans tend to have relatively negative attitudes
toward conformity.
C) Compared to many cultures, Americans tend to have relatively positive attitudes
toward conformity.
D) Americans' beliefs about conformity have become more and more negative as the
years go by. - ANSWER - Compared to many cultures, Americans tend to have
relatively negative attitudes toward conformity.
Conformity always includes
A) positive and moral behavior.
B) the real or imagined influence of other people.
C) an authority figure.
D) negative and immoral behavior. - ANSWER - the real or imagined influence of other
people.
A powerful and useful source of knowledge available to us - ANSWER - The behavior of
other people.
How do we know how to act? - ANSWER - -Sometimes we simply ask directly about the
appropriate way to act.
-Many times, we watch others, observing their behavior to help us achieve a better
definition of the situation
When we subsequently act like everyone else - ANSWER - -We are conforming, but this
doesn't mean we are spineless individuals lacking in self-reliance.
-Instead, the influence of others leads us to conform because we see those people as a
valuable source of information to guide our behavior.
, Informational Social Influence - ANSWER - -Relying on other people as a source of
information to guide our behavior
-We conform because we believe that others' interpretation of an ambiguous situation is
correct and can help us choose an appropriate course of action, it can lead to private
acceptance, in which people genuinely believe in what other people are doing or saying.
-How important it is to be accurate at a task also affects informational social influence.
-In many situations, judgments and decisions have consequences, and you're motivated
to "get things right."
-Research has found that this makes you more susceptible to informational social
influence
Autokinetic Effect - ANSWER - -If you stare at a bright light in a uniformly dark
environment (a star on a dark night), the light will appear to waver a bit back and forth.
-This occurs because you have no stable visual reference point with which to anchor the
position of the light.
Private Acceptance - ANSWER - -Conforming to other people's behavior out of a
genuine belief that what they are doing or saying is right
Public Compliance - ANSWER - -Conforming to other people's behavior publicly without
necessarily believing in what the other people are doing or saying
-EX: Someone privately believed that the light was moving 10 inches but announced
that it had moved 3 inches, the group consensus, in an effort to avoid standing out from
the crowd or looking foolish.
Contagion - ANSWER - The rapid spread of emotions or behaviors through a crowd
High-Importance Condition - ANSWER - -Mirrors the concerns of many situations in
everyday life—your judgments and decisions have consequences, and you're motivated
to "get things right."
-It makes you more susceptible to informational social influence
-Informational social influence among eyewitnesses is not welcome in the courtroom
A subtle version of social influence - ANSWER - Occurs when others indirectly indicate
to us what is appropriate, and we come to sense that it is in our best interest to conform,
or go along with them, such as decisions about what clothes, hairstyles, or slang terms
are fashionable.
Obedience - ANSWER - -Changing behavior in response to direct request from an
authority figure that gives an order that we feel pressure to follow.
-One of the strongest forms of social influence valued in every society
-We are socialized to obey authority figures; social norms of obedience are internalized
-Can have extremely serious and tragic consequences
American culture - ANSWER - -Stresses the importance of not conforming.
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