Exam 8: Conformity: Influencing Behavior

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.

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Question 141

The atrocities your text mentions,including the My Lai massacre and genocides (particularly in Nazi Germany),are most likely due to

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Question 142

According to Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992),why would a heavy female body be preferred in cultures where food supplies were scarce or unreliable? In these cultures,

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Question 143

When Orson Welles broadcast War of the Worlds,a fictitious program about a hostile Martian takeover of Earth,many people who heard the program eventually believed the takeover was a real threat and panicked.The power of ____ was a major cause of this widespread panic.

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Question 144

In the nineteenth century,audience members who knew the opera intimately served as "claques," or experts who signaled others in the audience when to applaud,or as "bisseurs," who signaled when to call for encores.These experts served as a source of ____ for less sophisticated audience members.

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Question 145

Which student below is being exposed to an attempt to change behavior based on the "social norms" approach?

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Question 146

The Nazi Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda used all of the following techniques except ____ to portray the message that the German people must protect their racial purity and increase their Lebensraum (living space)through conquest.

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Question 147

The "social norms" approach to reducing binge drinking on college campuses relies primarily on the use of

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Question 148

Results from Milgram's study,in which participants were led to believe that they were being asked to shock another person at lethal levels,suggest that

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Question 149

Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992)analyzed what people in fifty-four 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.

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Question 150

Recent estimates are that ____ of middle-school children have been subjected to cyberbullying.

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Question 151

Complete the following analogy: injunctive norm: :: descriptive norm: .

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Question 152

According to Bibb Latané's social impact theory (1981),the likelihood that people will conform to social influence pressures depends on three variables:

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Question 153

Milgram's studies on obedience to authority violated several ethical principles.These include all of the following except

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Question 154

When "Freedom Riders" conformed with their group of fellow civil rights activists,they conformed by behaving ,but when soldiers in the Vietnamese village of My Lai conformed,they behaved ,illustrating that conformity itself it not always simply good or bad.

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Question 155

It's Libby's first day in college.When she approaches the professor to have an "add" form signed,she listens to other students to see if they address the professor as "Professor," "Dr.," "Mrs.," or by her first name,and then she does the same.This is an example of

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Question 156

Recall that Stanley Milgram conducted a variation on his original obedience experiment.In this variation,there were two confederates in addition to the participant.When the participant threw the switch at 150 volts,one of the confederates refused to continue,even though the experimenter commanded him or her to do so.In this variation,only about 10 percent (compared to about 65 percent in the original study)went to the highest shock level.This experimental variation demonstrated the power of ____ in eliciting obedience.

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Question 157

In a famous social psychological experiment,participants were led to believe they were to deliver electric shocks of increasing potency to a "learner" for a memorization task.Participants were encouraged to continue even though the learner was clearly in pain,and most participants,in fact,did continue shocking the learner.What famous study is this describing?

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Question 158

Catherine and Gabriel are picnicking in the park.They would be least likely to litter when

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Question 159

An important feature of informational social influence is that it often leads to

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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.

The atrocities your text mentions,including the My Lai massacre and genocides (particularly in Nazi Germany),are most likely due to

According to Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992),why would a heavy female body be preferred in cultures where food supplies were scarce or unreliable? In these cultures,

When Orson Welles broadcast War of the Worlds,a fictitious program about a hostile Martian takeover of Earth,many people who heard the program eventually believed the takeover was a real threat and panicked.The power of ____ was a major cause of this widespread panic.

In the nineteenth century,audience members who knew the opera intimately served as "claques," or experts who signaled others in the audience when to applaud,or as "bisseurs," who signaled when to call for encores.These experts served as a source of ____ for less sophisticated audience members.

Which student below is being exposed to an attempt to change behavior based on the "social norms" approach?

The Nazi Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda used all of the following techniques except ____ to portray the message that the German people must protect their racial purity and increase their Lebensraum (living space)through conquest.

The "social norms" approach to reducing binge drinking on college campuses relies primarily on the use of

Results from Milgram's study,in which participants were led to believe that they were being asked to shock another person at lethal levels,suggest that

Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992)analyzed what people in fifty-four 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.

Recent estimates are that ____ of middle-school children have been subjected to cyberbullying.

Complete the following analogy: injunctive norm: :: descriptive norm: .

According to Bibb Latané's social impact theory (1981),the likelihood that people will conform to social influence pressures depends on three variables:

Milgram's studies on obedience to authority violated several ethical principles.These include all of the following except

When "Freedom Riders" conformed with their group of fellow civil rights activists,they conformed by behaving ,but when soldiers in the Vietnamese village of My Lai conformed,they behaved ,illustrating that conformity itself it not always simply good or bad.

It's Libby's first day in college.When she approaches the professor to have an "add" form signed,she listens to other students to see if they address the professor as "Professor," "Dr.," "Mrs.," or by her first name,and then she does the same.This is an example of

Catherine and Gabriel are picnicking in the park.They would be least likely to litter when

An important feature of informational social influence is that it often leads to

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions: the Costs and Benefits of Dissonance Reduction

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

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Exam 8: Conformity: Influencing Behavior

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.

The atrocities your text mentions,including the My Lai massacre and genocides (particularly in Nazi Germany),are most likely due to

According to Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992),why would a heavy female body be preferred in cultures where food supplies were scarce or unreliable? In these cultures,

When Orson Welles broadcast War of the Worlds,a fictitious program about a hostile Martian takeover of Earth,many people who heard the program eventually believed the takeover was a real threat and panicked.The power of ____ was a major cause of this widespread panic.

In the nineteenth century,audience members who knew the opera intimately served as "claques," or experts who signaled others in the audience when to applaud,or as "bisseurs," who signaled when to call for encores.These experts served as a source of ____ for less sophisticated audience members.

Which student below is being exposed to an attempt to change behavior based on the "social norms" approach?

The Nazi Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda used all of the following techniques except ____ to portray the message that the German people must protect their racial purity and increase their Lebensraum (living space)through conquest.

The "social norms" approach to reducing binge drinking on college campuses relies primarily on the use of

Results from Milgram's study,in which participants were led to believe that they were being asked to shock another person at lethal levels,suggest that

Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992)analyzed what people in fifty-four 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.

Recent estimates are that ____ of middle-school children have been subjected to cyberbullying.

Complete the following analogy: injunctive norm: ____:: descriptive norm: ____.

According to Bibb Latané's social impact theory (1981),the likelihood that people will conform to social influence pressures depends on three variables:

Milgram's studies on obedience to authority violated several ethical principles.These include all of the following except

When "Freedom Riders" conformed with their group of fellow civil rights activists,they conformed by behaving ____,but when soldiers in the Vietnamese village of My Lai conformed,they behaved ____,illustrating that conformity itself it not always simply good or bad.

It's Libby's first day in college.When she approaches the professor to have an "add" form signed,she listens to other students to see if they address the professor as "Professor," "Dr.," "Mrs.," or by her first name,and then she does the same.This is an example of

Catherine and Gabriel are picnicking in the park.They would be least likely to litter when

An important feature of informational social influence is that it often leads to

Introducing Social Psychology

Methodology: How Social Psychologists Do Research

Social Cognition: How We Think About the Social World

Social Perception: How We Come to Understand Other People

The Self: Understanding Ourselves in a Social Context

The Need to Justify Our Actions: the Costs and Benefits of Dissonance Reduction

Attitudes and Attitude Change: Influencing Thoughts and Feelings

Group Processes: Influence in Social Groups

Interpersonal Attraction: From First Impressions to Close Relationships

Prosocial Behavior: Why Do People Help

Aggression: Why Do We Hurt Other People

Prejudice: Causes and Cures

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Judith Anderson and her colleagues (1992)analyzed what people in fifty-four 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.

Complete the following analogy: injunctive norm: :: descriptive norm: .

When "Freedom Riders" conformed with their group of fellow civil rights activists,they conformed by behaving ,but when soldiers in the Vietnamese village of My Lai conformed,they behaved ,illustrating that conformity itself it not always simply good or bad.