Exam 7: Conformity

Teenagers are often more susceptible to influence attempts from peers than from their parents.This is because peers become more important to teenagers than their parents are.This example represents the influence of Bibb Latané's (1981)concept of _______ on normative conformity.

In all likelihood,participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments conducted in the 1960s and 1970s were willing to administer increasingly severe shocks to a confederate learner because they were concerned that the experimenter would be disappointed or perhaps even angry with them.Such concerns reflect the power of _______ to induce obedience to authority.

Informational social influence does not always produce conformity,but informational conformity is more likely in some situations than in others.What factors increase conformity to informational social influence?

After they have been dating for a month,Ari suddenly says to Anna,"You don't really need me in your life do you?" Anna responds,"Oh! But I do need you,very much!" Which technique of compliance has Ari just used?

According to the authors of your text,in North America the sociocultural pressure for thinness in women and for a muscular physique for men is a potentially threatening form of _______ social influence.

If a teenager starts to smoke cigarettes in order to look "cool" and fit in with her friends,it is an example of _______ at work.

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 example represents the influence of Bibb Latané's (1981)concept of _______ on normative conformity.

In a series of experiments,why did Solomon Asch (1951,1956)ask participants to judge the lengths of lines,which were clearly different from one another?

When Robert Cialdini and his colleagues (1975)first asked participants to commit to a two-year volunteer stint at a juvenile detention center,those who refused that initial request were more likely than others to agree to take problem adolescents on a two-hour trip to the zoo.Why?

In Burger's (2009)replication of Milgram's studies on obedience to authority,he included both men and women (as did Milgram in some of his).Which of the following is true about the gender differences Burger found?

The norm in your large psychology class is that students will remain quiet enough for others to hear the professor and one another during lectures and discussions.When you talk loudly to the person next to you and violate the "respect for others" norm,like the deviant in Stanley Schachter's "Johnny Rocco" study,you can expect that your classmates will first

Persuasive messages about _______ are most likely to cause male participants to appear more conforming than female participants.

Bibb Latané's (1981)social impact theory is useful to social psychologists who study conformity because its tenets

Imagine that you are on the Olympics Planning Committee.Nine out of ten of the committee members hold the same opinions.However,one member,Laura,consistently deviates from the group's opinion.How is your group most likely to act toward Laura to bring her in line with the group's opinion?

Gregory Berns and his colleagues (2005)found that the parts of the brain dedicated to vision and perception were activated when participants completed the Asch line task alone and when they conformed to the group's wrong answer,but that this area of the brain was not activated when they chose to defy the group and give the right answer.Instead,when participants did not conform,areas of the brain associated with negative emotions and modulating social behaviour were activated.What conclusion did they draw from this result?

Tafarodi and colleagues (2002)asked Chinese Canadian women at the University of Toronto to rate paintings after they were exposed to ratings supposedly given by the majority group and their minority cultural group.Participants who completed the ratings in front of a mirror showed more conformity to the majority group ratings than those without the mirror.We can conclude from the results of this study that

In what kinds of situations are people most likely to yield to normative social influence pressures? Use social impact theory in your answer,and discuss gender and culture.

Not all members of the radio audience of Orson Welles' War of the Worlds broadcast panicked immediately.Indeed,some didn't panic until they saw the looks of concern and worry on the faces of their loved ones who were also listening to the program.This example illustrates that contagion

The term _______ refers to a practice whereby a salesperson initially accepts a customer's offer,but then claims an error and quotes the customer a higher price.

"Hello.I'm asking for donations to the Save the Mollusk Foundation.Would you please donate $400?" This solicitor is using the _______ technique.