Exam 8: Conformity: Influencing Behavior

The text discussed informational social influence and normative social influence. First, describe the two types of social influence and give a real life example of each. Be sure to clearly explain how your example demonstrates that particular type of social influence.

In Milgram's studies on obedience, the experimenter repeatedly tells the participants that they must continue with the study. This aspect of Milgram's studies violates the ethical principle of

Dr. Hammerstein is a college dean and wants to design a program to help deal with the problem of binge drinking on her campus. The technique currently in favor and that you'd suggest, is based on the use of

Milgram's studies on obedience to authority violated several ethical principles. These include all of the following except

You have been hired to help design a campaign to get people to conserve energy. Based on the research by Nolan and colleagues (2008), what is the most effective way to convince people to conserve?

When it is important to provide a correct answer and the stakes are high, people are more likely to

Based on your text, which of the following is the best example of obedience to authority based on normative social influence?

Which situation below best exemplifies the tenet of social impact theory that group strength is directly related to conformity?

Marcia values the opinions and desires of both her parents and her close friends. When she's with her parents, she finds herself agreeing with them. When she's with her friends, she finds herself agreeing with them, even though they sometimes disagree with her parents. This change in Marcia's behavior represents the influence of Bibb Latané's (1981) concept of ________ on normative conformity.

Steph reads an anti-drinking ad in the student newspaper that states, "Students at this school, on average, only drink three drinks per week." She typically drinks no alcoholic beverages per week, but after seeing the ad she starts consuming more because she is "below average." Steph is exhibiting the

________ conformity is to the desire to be right as ________ conformity is to the desire to be liked.

According to Latané's (1981) social impact theory, as group size increases from two to three members, the impact will increase ________ if a group increases from twenty-nine to thirty members.

Pierre joins the other concertgoers in giving the symphony a standing ovation, even though he thought the performance was merely adequate. The next morning, Pierre confides to his girlfriend that the performance was "satisfactory, but not overwhelming." In joining the standing ovation, Pierre displayed what kind of conformity?

When people conform in attitudes or behaviors in order to be accepted and liked by others, social psychologists say that ________ has occurred.

Explain what two conflicting norms operated in Stanley Milgram's classic obedience experiments. Also explain why one norm was more likely to be obeyed than the other.

The major downside risk of informational social influence is that the more ________ the situation is, the more we rely on others who are no more likely to be knowledgeable or accurate than we ourselves are, leading us each to adopt others' mistakes and misinterpretations.

Anderson and her colleagues (1992) analyzed what people in fifty-four cultures considered to be the ideal female body: a heavy body, a body of moderate weight, or a slender body. They found that in cultures where ________, the ________ body was preferred.

First-year college students may be more susceptible than seniors to informational social influence because

Whereas ________ is the vehicle by which women learn what is attractive, ________ is the source of women's attempts to attain the ideal body.

You're designing an activity for your social psychology class and you want to maximize conformity. What should you do to make that happen?