Exam 6: Sensation and Perception

Which of following statements is FALSE about the research findings on conformity and obedience?

Conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure is called

A year after his original study, Sherif's participants were retested alone and gave answers that supported the original group's norm. This suggests that the process involved

In the context of resisting social pressure, the high rate of underage drinking may be related to

According to Tanya Chartrand and John Bargh, mimicking someone else's behavior is known as _____.

In the context of conformity, Asch's experiments lacked _____ but did possess _____.

During the 1970s, the military junta in power in Greece initially selected candidates for officers based on their submission to authority. The candidates were first asked to guard prisoners, then to observe torture, and then to eventually practice torture. This process demonstrates how _____ can breed _____.

When Milgram's experimental series was reenacted in Bridgeport, Connecticut, far from the prestige and authority of Yale University, the proportion of participants who fully complied with orders to shock the learner _____ compared to the Yale rate.

David is part of a sales group. On many aspects of the sales strategy he thinks that his group is making a big mistake, but he decides to give into the pressure and go along with what they decide. In the context of conformity, this change is best described as

Rivalry between groups is often most intense when the groups

Which statement related to roles and conformity is NOT true?

Suggestibility to problems that spreads throughout a large group of people is known as

Which of the following instances of greater conformity does NOT reflect informational influence?

Which of the following is NOT one of the verbal prods used in Milgram's studies to keep participants going?

The extent to which members of a group are bound together, such as by attraction to one another, is called

Which of the following statements is true of conformity and obedience?

Mullen and her colleagues (1990) found that the average baseline jaywalking rate _____ in the presence of a non-jaywalking confederate.

After hearing so much about the dangers of smoking cigarettes from the media and seeing numbers of people who quit the habit, Jacob finally realizes that smoking is dangerous and therefore he quits. His behavior is an example of

Although he made a promise to himself to not take illegal drugs, Tom gave into peer pressure at a party to smoke marijuana because he did not want to be rejected by the others. Tom's conformity is a result of

Conformity is greater when people feel incompetent. This pattern reflects