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CONFORMITY
- Social psychology is the study of
a. the ways social behavior is influenced by psychophysiological processes.
b. the influence of human learning on social behavior.
c. the ways that the real or imagined presence of others influences behavior.
d. competition and cooperation.
- When we conform for emotional reasons, such as to avoid social rejection, ridicule, or disapproval, the group is said to be exerting _______ influence on us
a. explicative
b. unconditional
c. normative
d. private
- True or False: Conformity occurs when people change their beliefs in response to real or imagined group pressure.
a. True
b. False
- The more we want the others in our group to like us, the more emotional power they have over us. This statement is an example of the conformity factor__________________.
a. group cohesiveness
b. stress
c. unanimity
d. self-confidence
- In Solomon Asch's 1955 conformity study, research participants caved in and publicly selected the wrong answer
a. 15% of the time
b. 30% of the time.
c. 35% of the time.
d. 76% of the time.
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