Exam 7: Conformity

Why would Muzafer Sherif,a social psychologist,choose the autokinetic effect (a perceptual illusion)to study social conformity?

According to your text,what did Solar Temple cult members,the students who attacked Reena Virk,and the Canadian peacekeepers in Somalia who tortured Shidane Arone have in common?

In ambiguous situations,we are sometimes influenced by others' attitudes or behaviours,and bring our own attitudes or behaviours into line with theirs because we believe that their interpretation of the situation is more accurate than ours.This type of conformity arises from

You're the only one in your class to have taken a social psychology course.Thus,you are the only one to refuse to conform to you classmates' consensus that it is appropriate for salespeople to pay closer attention to African-American shoppers than to European-American shoppers.Now that you have refused to conform to their views,you

Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992)analyzed what people in 54 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.

Pierre joins the other concert-goers 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?

Carla has just written out a cheque for $13,000 to pay for her new car.Although the salesperson had initially accepted her cheque,she is now told that there was a mistake and that the final total should really be $14,250.Carla writes another cheque for $1250 to cover the difference so that she can drive out with her new car.Carla has just fallen prey to a questionable sales practice called

Where is the example labelled with the correct type of social influence?

When participants were first placed in a dark room alone and asked to estimate the apparent movement of a point of light,individuals became consistent in their own estimates,and these estimates differed greatly from participant to participant.When participants made the same estimates in a group setting,their estimates converged.According to Muzafer Sherif (1936),why did this happen?

Idiosyncrasy credits

The most common everyday instances of reverse psychology or strategic self-anticonformity found by MacDonald and colleagues (2011)were when it was used it to

In a study by Pope and his colleagues (2000),men were asked to alter a computer image of a male body to accurately depict their own,to depict their ideal body,and the type of body they thought women preferred.Results from this study suggest that men saw their bodies accurately,but

North American culture stresses the importance of being independent,thinking for yourself,and standing up for yourself.This suggests that North American attitudes toward conformity are

In social psychology,the change in behaviour resulting from the real or imagined presence of others is known as

People who hold minority opinions influence the majority group through

Alice Eagly and Linda Carli (1981)found that compared to female researchers,male researchers are more likely to find that female participants are more conforming than male participants.Although these findings are controversial,the authors suggest that

Kim is downloading music off a new website that showcases tunes from up-and-coming artists.The website also lets Kim see which songs other people have downloaded.Which tunes is Kim most likely to listen to and download?

The role of experts on social influence processes is credited in relation to the discovery that

We can conclude from an analysis of G.I.Joe action figures (Pope and colleagues,1999)that cultural ideals of the attractive male body have undergone which of the following type of changes?

Going along with the crowd (e.g.,swallowing goldfish,taking ecstasy,train-surfing)to avoid social censure is an example of