Exam 7: Social Influence: Conformity, Social Roles, and Obedience

Discuss the methodological and ethical problems of the Stanford prison experiment. How might you investigate this topic in a better way?

What do we call Milgram's principle of designing experimental situations that are realistic, approximate the variables of interest, and are consequential to participants.

While hosting a dinner party, you notice that your German friend arrives early while your Turkish friend arrives during the dessert course. What about their cultures' relationship to time explains this variation

A mom tries to teach her son to clean the room by modeling cleaning behavior, by looking happy while cleaning, and by leaving messes where they will annoy her son. Finally, she gives up and just orders him to clean the room. She has made the transition from what to what

What was the seeming method of punishment in the famous Milgram experiments

Shelby and her sisters all use the same detergent their mother used, even though the subject never came up. This is an example of private conformity.

According to informational social influence, if bystanders see an ambulance and police cars surround a store, and one bystander says, "someone must have robbed the place," what is the most likely outcome

Using what we know of deindividuation, which of the following would reduce incidents of trolling on a social media website

What is a cultural belief or norm that transcends the replacement of people

Which term refers to unspoken rules that are enforced by group norms

Quantitative data are necessary for statistical analyses.

The "learners" in the Milgram studies were always what

A notarized contract is a good example of document containing explicit expectations.

List the two types of social influence.

Which terms describes when you voluntarily change your behavior to imitate the behavior of your peers

When teachers tell students to think for themselves and question authority, they are trying to inoculate them against what

Leann and her family all voted Republican, even though they never discussed politics. This is an example of what

You visit a friend's house for dinner. Without saying anything about it, all the family members fall into the jobs needed to prepare dinner and clean up. What best explains this chore division

A woman using a cane asks Fiona to give up her seat on the city bus. When Fiona chooses to give up the seat, she is obedient to the woman.

What are rules that indicate how people are expected to behave in particular social situations