Question 1

Conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing is

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Compliance refers to the act of conforming to the expectations or demands of others in the social environment, even if privately one does not agree with these expectations or demands. This is distinct from acceptance, where one would both publicly and privately agree with the social norms or pressures. Obedience specifically relates to following orders or commands from an authority figure, and reactance is a response where an individual acts against the pressure or expectations as a form of resistance.

Question 2

An accomplice of the experimenter is

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An accomplice of the experimenter, particularly in psychological experiments, is often referred to as a "confederate." This term is used to describe someone who appears to be a participant in the experiment but is actually working with the experimenter to manipulate the experimental situation or influence the real participants in some way.

Question 3

In Asch's study of conformity involving the length of lines, naïve participants conformed ___ of the time

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In Asch's conformity experiments, naïve participants conformed to the incorrect majority view about 37% of the time.

Question 4

According to the text, the most famous and controversial experiments of social psychology are

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Milgram's obedience experiments are widely recognized as some of the most famous and controversial in social psychology due to their ethical implications and insights into human behavior.

Question 5

When Milgram moved his experiment from Yale to Bridgeport, the number of people who complied

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When Milgram moved his experiment from Yale to Bridgeport, the compliance rate decreased from 63 percent to 48 percent. This change suggested that the setting of the experiment (an authoritative and prestigious institution like Yale vs. a less prestigious location in Bridgeport) had an impact on participants' willingness to obey authority, though a significant number still complied even in the less prestigious setting.

Question 6

The training of tortures by the military junta in Greece illustrates

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The foot-in-the-door phenomenon explains how agreeing to a small initial request increases the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request later. In the context of training torturers, the military junta in Greece likely started with small requests or actions that gradually escalated, making individuals more compliant with performing acts of torture. This psychological tactic makes it easier to get individuals to commit to actions they might have initially resisted.

Question 7

In a study at Penn State, what percentage of students said they would ignore sexist statements?

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Question 8

According to the text, people will nearly always voice their convictions if

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The text suggests that the presence of even one other person voicing the same conviction can significantly encourage an individual to express their own beliefs. This indicates the importance of social support or agreement in the willingness to share one's convictions.

Question 9

Milly comes from a Black family, has two brothers, and was born in New York. One parent is a teacher and the other is a postman. If you asked Milly to tell us about herself, she would most likely say she

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People often identify themselves by their ethnicity or cultural background as it is a significant aspect of their identity.

Question 10

Which country had the highest conformity percentage when Asch's conformity experiment was conducted overseas?

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The Bantu of Zimbabwe had the highest conformity percentage in Asch's conformity experiments when conducted overseas, indicating cultural differences in the propensity to conform.

Question 11

Increasing the size of a group from 2 to _____is likely to produce the greatest increase in conformity.

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Research in social psychology suggests that conformity increases with group size, but only up to a point. The most significant increase in conformity happens when a group's size increases from 2 to around 3-5 members. Beyond this, additional increases in group size have a diminishing effect on the rate of conformity.

Question 12

Social psychology _______________________ than personality psychology.

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Social psychology has a shorter history compared to personality psychology. Personality psychology has roots that go back to ancient Greece, while social psychology began to emerge as a distinct discipline in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Question 13

The text states that social psychology

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Social psychology is one of several perspectives from which we can understand human behavior and thought processes, emphasizing its importance without negating the value of other perspectives.

Question 14

The text states that values

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Values influence the selection of research topics, reflecting the interests and concerns of the researchers.

Question 15

Social representations are

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Question 16

Naturalist fallacy is

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The naturalist fallacy involves the error of defining what is good based solely on what is natural or observable, conflating facts with values.

Question 17

Hindsight bias

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Hindsight bias refers to the tendency of people to overestimate their ability to have predicted an outcome that could not have been predicted. It is often summarized as the "I knew it all along" phenomenon, where after learning the outcome, individuals believe they would have predicted it before it happened.

Quiz 1: Conformity and Social Psychology