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PSYCH 350 CH 6 EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS. Define "conformity" and "obedience." How are the two terms related to one another? - CORRECT ANSWER Conformity is change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure. Obedience means to act in accord with a direct command or order. Describe in detail Milgram's studies of obedience. Include a description of the methods he employed as well as his results. - CORRECT ANSWER Milgram selected participants for his experiment by...

Coursera Psychology Week 6 Exam Questions & Answers. True or false: Richer countries tend to have happier people - CORRECT ANSWER true Which of these events almost always leads to a long-term increase in self-reported happiness: a. winning the lottery b. having your body paralyzed c. gaining tenure as a professor d. none of the above - CORRECT ANSWER d. none of the above Adaptation does not occur for which of the following: a. grades b. noises c. money d. paralysis - CORR...

Psychology Paper 1 AS Level 2024 Study Guide Test. Outline and explain the findings of Milgram's investigation into the effect of location on obedience. [4 marks] - CORRECT ANSWER - Milgram's original study was conducted in a laboratory of Yale University - Variation was in a run down building and was no longer connected with Yale University.- % of pps who did full 450 volts dropped from 65% to 47.5%. - The prestigious uni environment gave Milgram's study legitimacy & authority. Par...

PSYC 2319: Chapter 1 Final Exam Practice Test. Social Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER The scientific study of the feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of individuals in social situations. The ultimate lesson is compassion. Encourages us to look at another person's situation- to try to understand the complex field of forces acting on the individual- in order to fully understand the person's behavior. Philip Zimbardo - CORRECT ANSWER A social psychologist who paid 24 Stanford University u...

Psychology Written Exam Questions & Answers. What is the storage capacity of Short Term Memory? - CORRECT ANSWER 5-9 items What is the storage capacity of Long Term Memory? - CORRECT ANSWER unlimited Milgram Study - CORRECT ANSWER a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram, which measured the willingness of study participants to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts that conflicted with their personal consci...

PSYC 379 Units 7-9 Exam Questions Correctly Answered. Define social influence. - CORRECT ANSWER The term social influence refers to ways in which people are affected by the real and imagined pressures of others. Distinguish three forms of social influence: conformity, compliance, and obedience. - CORRECT ANSWER Conformity, compliance and obedience vary in the degree of pressure exerted on an individual. They are not distinct "types" of influence. The influence may emanate from a group, a...

PSYC Written Exam Questions & Answers. Conformity - CORRECT ANSWER Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. Asch (1956) line judgment study - CORRECT ANSWER Asch (1956) found that group size influenced whether subjects conformed. The bigger the majority group (no of confederates), the more people conformed, but only up to a certain point. Group polarization - CORRECT ANSWER the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations through discussion within th...

Introduction to Psychology - YALE University Course - Week 1 Written Exam. materialism - CORRECT ANSWER our most intimate feelings and thoughts come from material things. The idea that our mental life comes from our physical brain Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER the idea that we are part material and part psychological Neurons - CORRECT ANSWER sum up and transmit information dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER receive singles from other neurons - excitatory (+) - inhibitory (-) cell body - CORR...

Yale PSYC 110 Practice Exam Questions & Answers. Phineas Gage - CORRECT ANSWER Metal rod through left cheekbone and brain, could still speak, read, see. Became angry, no self-control Materialism - CORRECT ANSWER Brain is the source of mental life Dualism - CORRECT ANSWER Material bodies, but minds are non-material and non-physical Dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER Get info from other neurons Axons - CORRECT ANSWER Send info to other neurons Sensory neurons - CORRECT ANSWER Take in inf...

Yale Psych 110 Exam 1 Final Study Guide. 5 Pillars of Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Evolution: genes make brains 2. Modularity: The mind is a collection of parts 3. Idealism: minds make reality, what we see is what is infringing on our senses 4. Materialism: Brains make minds, everything u see is firing of neurons 5. Empiricism: believe only what you can count Name three misconceptions of evolution - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Populations evolve, not individuals. Some ppl think individuals do....