PYB202 Practice Exam - Social Influence - Lecture 6

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Multiple Choice Questions on Lecture 6 of PYB202 in preparation for the end of semester exam
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Frage 1

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Which of the following is NOT one of the three main types of social influence discussed in lectures?
Antworten
  • Obedience
  • Compliance
  • Conformity
  • Coercion

Frage 2

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In Milgram's study of obedience to authority, the confederate was:
Antworten
  • The Teacher
  • the person who administered the electric shocks
  • The learner
  • The experimenter

Frage 3

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Which of the following is true about factors influencing conformity?
Antworten
  • Levels of conformity are influenced by the size of the group
  • There are no sex differences in levels of conformity
  • Levels of conformity are not influenced by personality traits
  • All of the above are true

Frage 4

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Which of the following describes normative influence?
Antworten
  • Normative influence works through people’s desire to gain social approval
  • Normative influence provides information about reality, especially when stimuli are ambiguous
  • Normative influence is based on self-categorisation in a group
  • All of the above are important features of normative influence

Frage 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?
Antworten
  • 5%
  • 25%
  • 50%
  • 65%

Frage 6

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Which of the following best describes the "referent" basis of power?
Antworten
  • The belief that the source of influence is authorised by a recognised power
  • The belief that the source of influence has greater expertise and knowledge than oneself
  • The belief that the source of influence has greater information than oneself
  • Attraction or identification with the source of influence

Frage 7

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In Milgram's obedience study, what percentage of people gave a lethal shock to the confederate?
Antworten
  • 20%
  • 40%
  • 60%
  • 65%

Frage 8

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Which one of the options are not a part of Raven's different sources of power?
Antworten
  • Reward Power - The ability to give or promise rewards for compliance
  • Coercive Power - The ability to give or threaten punishment for non-compliance
  • Informational Power - The target's belief that the influencer has more information than oneself
  • Expert Power - The target's belief that the influencer has generally greater expertise and knowledge that oneself
  • Legitimate Power - The target's belief that the influencer is authorised by a recognised power structure to command and make decisions
  • Referent Power - Identification with, attraction to or respect for the source of influence
  • Instinctive Power - When one feels that someone is more powerful than they are.

Frage 9

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Authority has the ability to persuade people to do things they wouldn't usually do.
Antworten
  • True
  • False

Frage 10

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In Sherif's autokinetic experiment, what was measured?
Antworten
  • 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.
  • Measured what happened when a uniformed person ordered someone to pay for another person's parking ticket.
  • Measured if people would be affected by other people's answers when measuring the length of a line.
  • None of the above

Frage 11

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In Deutsch and Gerard's (1955) study, what processes did they find to be underlying conformity
Antworten
  • Informational - Reality check, turning to others when unsure (true change).
  • Normative - Gain social approval, giving into peer pressure (surface).
  • Both of the above
  • None of the above
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