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Quiz by Eliza Burke, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Eliza Burke
almost 8 years ago
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Question 1
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Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of social influence discussed in lectures?
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Obedience
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Compliance
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Conformity
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Coercion
Question 2
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In Milgram's study of obedience to authority, the confederate was:
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The Teacher
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the person who administered the electric shocks
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The learner
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The experimenter
Question 3
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Which of the following is true about factors influencing conformity?
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Levels of conformity are influenced by the size of the group
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There are no sex differences in levels of conformity
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Levels of conformity are not influenced by personality traits
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All of the above are true
Question 4
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Which of the following describes normative influence?
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Normative influence works through people’s desire to gain social approval
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Normative influence provides information about reality, especially when stimuli are ambiguous
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Normative influence is based on self-categorisation in a group
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All of the above are important features of normative influence
Question 5
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As described in the lecture, in Asch’s “line study” what proportion of people consistently made judgements that were independent of the group?
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5%
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25%
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50%
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65%
Question 6
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Which of the following best describes the "referent" basis of power?
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The belief that the source of influence is authorised by a recognised power
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The belief that the source of influence has greater expertise and knowledge than oneself
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The belief that the source of influence has greater information than oneself
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Attraction or identification with the source of influence
Question 7
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In Milgram's obedience study, what percentage of people gave a lethal shock to the confederate?
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20%
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40%
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60%
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65%
Question 8
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Which one of the options are not a part of Raven's different sources of power?
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Reward Power - The ability to give or promise rewards for compliance
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Coercive Power - The ability to give or threaten punishment for non-compliance
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Informational Power - The target's belief that the influencer has more information than oneself
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Expert Power - The target's belief that the influencer has generally greater expertise and knowledge that oneself
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Legitimate Power - The target's belief that the influencer is authorised by a recognised power structure to command and make decisions
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Referent Power - Identification with, attraction to or respect for the source of influence
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Instinctive Power - When one feels that someone is more powerful than they are.
Question 9
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Authority has the ability to persuade people to do things they wouldn't usually do.
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- True
- False
Question 10
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In Sherif's autokinetic experiment, what was measured?
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Whether people would use other's as a frame of reference, looking at whether a dot was moving or not, making their answer more average but not necessarily correct.
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Measured what happened when a uniformed person ordered someone to pay for another person's parking ticket.
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Measured if people would be affected by other people's answers when measuring the length of a line.
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None of the above
Question 11
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In Deutsch and Gerard's (1955) study, what processes did they find to be underlying conformity
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Informational - Reality check, turning to others when unsure (true change).
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Normative - Gain social approval, giving into peer pressure (surface).
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Both of the above
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None of the above
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