Exam 8: Conformity: Influencing Behavior

Which of the following phenomena is most likely to result in private acceptance of an idea or behavior?

The authors of your text suggest that there are two major motivations for people to conform,

Recall that participants in a field experiment by Raymond Reno and his colleagues (1993)were more likely to properly dispose of a handbill left on their windshields when they saw a confederate pick up and dispose of a fast food bag.The researchers suggest that the role of the confederate in this study was to

According to the authors,in part because the experimental procedures were so ____,it was difficult for participants in Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments to abandon the "Obey legitimate authority" norm in favor of the norm that says,"Do no harm."

Cultural norms in the United States place a great deal of emphasis on

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

Recall that in a study by Baron et al.(1996),participants were asked to select perpetrators after a lineup in conditions of high ambiguity; the perpetrator wore different clothing in the lineup than in the original photo,and the slides were shown very quickly.Recall also that some participants were told that the task was one that was being normed for use by the police department and were offered $20 if they were the most accurate,while others were told that it was just a laboratory task under development.This study demonstrated that

Whereas ____ is the vehicle by which women learn what is attractive, ____ is the source of women's attempts to attain the ideal body.

Informational social influence occurs because

In a variation of his standard experiment,Solomon Asch (1957)found that when participants could write their responses on a piece of paper,conformity dropped dramatically.This finding indicates that participants exhibited ____,not ____,during the standard experiment.

During a drought,Lynne noticed that all of her neighbors had stopped watering their lawns even though there were no laws against it.Lynne was following a ____ norm when she let her lawn turn brown,too.

____ is defined as "the deliberate,systematic attempt to shape perceptions,manipulate cognitions,and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the communicator."

Recall that Muzafer Sherif (1936)used the autokinetic effect to measure participants' estimates of the apparent movement of a stationary spot of light.In what sense did Sherif's findings illustrate informational social influence?

Leslie keeps getting harassing,put-down messages on her phone and Facebook page from a group of kids at her school.Leslie is being

Because of the societal pressures to be very thin,there is a so-called epidemic of eating disorders.Compared to females who developed eating disorders in the past,those who develop eating disorders today tend to be

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

According to your text,our construals of the concept "conformity" are shaped by

According to Bibb Latané's (1981)social impact theory,people are most likely to conform when

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 'dam.' '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

Believing that others are right is to ____ as conforming without believing is to ____.