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In the context of social roles,which of the following statements is true of roles and conformity?


A) Social roles and the process of influencing behavior across cultures remain consistent.
B) It takes a few social norms to define a role.
C) Role reversal is a form of temporary conformity.
D) Roles don't have any effect on conformity.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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During the 1970s,the military junta in power in Greece initially selected candidates for officers based on their submission to authority.The candidates were first asked to guard prisoners,then to observe torture,and then to eventually practice torture.This process demonstrates how _____ can breed _____.


A) obedience;conformity
B) conformity;obedience
C) compliance;acceptance
D) acceptance;compliance

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Bill conforms because he fears that he will be rejected by others in the group if he doesn't.His conformity results from:


A) normative influence.
B) informational influence.
C) obedience.
D) collective narcissism.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Laura generally likes to go home to visit her family during vacation.However,after her father strictly tells her that she must be home during spring vacation,Laura decides to remain at college.Laura's behavior is best understood in terms of:


A) cognitive dissonance.
B) regression.
C) psychological reactance.
D) self-serving bias.

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following methods was used to study conformity in Asch's classic obedience study?


A) enabling a small act of evil to foster the attitude that leads to a bigger evil act
B) agreement with others' obviously wrong perceptual judgments
C) complying with commands to shock another
D) assessing suggestibility regarding seeming movement of light

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Asch's conformity experiments showed that most people:


A) go along with others' decisions.
B) conform even when wrong.
C) tell the truth even when others do not.
D) become confused when confronted.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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Which of the following statements is true of conformity and obedience?


A) They are primarily collectivistic phenomena.
B) They are primarily individualistic phenomena.
C) They are universal phenomena that vary by culture.
D) They are universal phenomena that are uninfluenced by culture.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Anthony,a 15-year-old boy,cleans up his room every Sunday as per his father's command even though he is not too willing to do so.In this scenario,Anthony exemplifies _____.


A) obedience
B) cohesiveness
C) conformity
D) reactance

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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Sherif's study took advantage of:


A) the phi phenomenon.
B) the concept of natural selection.
C) the planning fallacy.
D) the autokinetic phenomenon.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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In Milgram's research,when the experimenter gave the commands by telephone instead of in person,obedience:


A) dropped to zero.
B) dropped to 21%.
C) dropped to 50%.
D) increased to 73%.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Although Lenny thinks the speed limit of the highway should be 80 instead of 70 miles per hour,when the policeman tells him to slow down to 70,he immediately does without questioning him.This is an example of:


A) regression.
B) obedience.
C) progression.
D) reactance.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Overall,it is revealed that people feel better when they see themselves as:


A) extremely unique.
B) moderately unique.
C) similar to others.
D) collectivistic.

E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

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The results of both the Sherif and Asch studies are startling because their studies did not employ any:


A) judgments about ambiguous stimuli.
B) groups larger than four persons.
C) experimental realism.
D) obvious pressure to conform.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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In the context of resisting social pressure,the high rate of underage drinking may be related to:


A) the planning fallacy.
B) psychological reactance.
C) collective narcissism.
D) informational influences.

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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Jack,a middle-aged man,works for an international company.His boss persuades him to bribe a government official to get an approval for a project.Jack agrees but gets caught in the act.Identify the classical obedience study that justifies Jack's behavior in this scenario?


A) Sherif's study on norm formation
B) Milgram's study on obedience
C) Miller's study on situational analysis
D) Asch's study of perceptual judgments

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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When participants in Milgram's experiments wanted to quit,they were given:


A) shocks to keep them going.
B) money as an incentive to keep going.
C) up to four verbal prods to keep them going.
D) a reward for being one of the few to disobey.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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When Milgram asked 110 psychiatrists,college students,and middle-class adults to predict the results of his experiment,the respondents said that they thought _____.


A) they themselves would never begin to administer the shocks
B) they themselves would disobey by about 135 volts
C) other people would disobey by about 210 volts
D) other people would go all the way to 450 volts

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Mullen and her colleagues (1990) found that the average baseline jaywalking rate _____ in the presence of a non-jaywalking confederate.


A) increases
B) decreases
C) stays the same
D) increases,then gradually decreases

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Danielle,a young woman,goes to China for three years as part of a work assignment.She conforms to the behaviors and values in China and learns to talk and act appropriately according to their culture.When she comes back to her native country after completing her assignment,she finds it difficult to adjust to the prevailing social roles.Identify the phenomenon exemplified in this scenario.


A) psychological reactance
B) the boomerang effect
C) the autokinetic effect
D) reentry distress

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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A person who both genuinely acts and believes in what the group has influenced him or her to do is most likely demonstrating:


A) regression.
B) compliance.
C) acceptance.
D) progression.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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