Exam 7: Conformity

Consider the following (edited)excerpt from a James Thurber New Yorker piece: "Suddenly someone began to run.It may be that he had simply remembered … an engagement to meet his wife,for which he was now frightfully late.Whatever it was,he ran east on Broad Street....Somebody else began to run,perhaps a newsboy in high spirits....Another man … broke into a trot....A loud mumble gradually crystallized into the dread word 'damn.' 'The dam has broke!' The fear was put into words by a little old lady in an electric car,or by a traffic cop,or by a small boy: Nobody knows who....Two thousand people were abruptly in full flight...." This literary excerpt illustrates the phenomenon known as

Why has so much research in social psychology focused on conformity?

When Maria gives me a batch of her famous chocolate chip cookies,I feel obligated to bring her a bag of my apples.This is a manifestation of

_______ is to door-in-the-face technique as _______ is to the foot-in-the-door technique.

It could be argued that participants in Muzafer Sherif's (1936)study converged in their estimates of the amount of movement of a point of light because they were avoiding public embarrassment or social censure from other participants.Sherif demonstrated that this was unlikely when he found similar results

Felicia is initially the only member of the jury who believes that the defendant is innocent.After hearing and debating Felicia's arguments,the jury unanimously declares the defendant not guilty.The jurors' decision will most likely be characterized by

Recall the cross-cultural conformity research conducted by J.W.Berry (1967)and others.When a group member conforms to others' opinions,who is most likely to respond particularly positively?

According to Latané's (1981)social impact theory,Katy will binge eat with her sorority sisters because

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

Strahan and colleagues (2008)exposed male and female high school students to interventions that pointed out how distorted and unrealistic the body ideals in media were and emphasized the risks of try to conform to these ideals.Following these interventions,________ participants showed ________ in the extent to which their self-esteem was based on appearance.

Cross-cultural studies on the Asch line-judgment task suggest that _______ cultures value _______ social influence because it promotes social harmony.

Which of the following variations of Stanley Milgram's (1963)original obedience experiment provides the strongest evidence of the operation of normative conformity when participants administer electric shocks to a confederate learner?

In recent research,Murray and colleagues (2011)found that the level of conformity in a culture was ________ related to ________.

You are on a flight from New York to California.Somewhere over the Rocky Mountains,the plane begins to dip and rise abruptly.The ride is getting more and more bumpy.You're concerned and wonder if something is seriously wrong with the plane.To whom (or what)are you most likely to turn to clarify this extreme and ambiguous situation?

Jane's softball team is planning to steal the other team's mascot-a baby goat.Jane does not want to participate in such a scheme.Which of the following situations would make it more likely that Jane will refuse to help her team steal the goat?

Suppose you want to get people to donate money to the Heart and Stroke Foundation on a regular basis.Which of the following strategies would be most effective?

Imagine that you are attending a new high school and would like to make friends.On the first day of school,you observe that all of the students in your homeroom are crumpling paper into balls and throwing them on the floor.You begin to do the same.You have conformed to the group's behaviour due to

You are a little confused about how to address your new boss.Even though you are told that your new supervisor's name is Charlie Rose,you have noticed that everyone in at work calls him "Boss." You,too,decide to start calling your supervisor "Boss." This decision is a product of

Explain how both normative and informational social influence worked to convince Stanley Milgram's (1974)participants to deliver powerful shocks to a hapless learner.How did replications of the original study demonstrate the role of normative and informational influence?

Which of the following is NOT a variable considered by social impact theory?