Conformity, Compliance, And Obedience

Question 1

The Mai lai massacre in Vietnam and Jim Jones & the people’s temple are an example of what?

Answer 1

• Conformity

Question 2

True or false: American culture stresses the importance of conforming?

Answer 2

• False. American culture stresses not conforming. It stresses that it is a nation of rugged individuals who think for themselves and ‘go against the tide’ ex: ‘Malbro Man’

Question 3

What is informational social influence?

Answer 3

• The need to know what’s right

- States that we look to others for answers because we see them as a source of information to guide our behaviour

Question 4

Sherif’s autokinetic studies exemplified what kind of social influence?

Answer 4

• Informational

- people came to believe that the group answer was the correct one

Question 5

Conforming to other ppl’s behaviour out of a genuine belief that what they are doing or saying is right

Answer 5

• Private acceptance

Question 6

What is public compliance?

Answer 6

• Conforming to other ppl’s behaviour publicly, without necessary believing in what they are doing or saying

Question 7

When are we most likely to conform to informational social influence?

Answer 7

1. When the situation is ambiguous (ex: Jonestown)
2. When the situation is a crisis (ex: My Lai massacre of the war of the worlds)
3. When other people are experts (ex: commander and chief and the American intelligence on WMD)

Question 8

What is normative social influence?

Answer 8

• The need to be accepted
• Conforming in order to be liked and accepted even at the cost of ones own beliefs (ex: without private acceptance)
• Following social norms

Question 9

Asch’s line study was an example of what kind of social influence?

Answer 9

• Normative

Question 10

We are most likely to conform to a group when there are ___ or more people

Answer 10

3+

Question 11

We are most likely to give in to normative social influence when the group is what?

Answer 11

• important
• unanimous
• affected by culture

Question 12

A request to change your behaviour, or to maintain a certain type of behaviour is called

Answer 12

Compliance

Question 13

Traffic regulations and conduct in court are examples of what?

Answer 13

• Compliance

Question 14

Compliance may lead to mindless _______

Answer 14

• Conformity

Question 15

What is mindless conformity?

Answer 15

• Obeying internalized social norms without deliberating about one’s actions

Question 16

A change in behaviour due to the influence of other people

Answer 16

-Conformity

Question 17

True or false: 66% of people in Stanley Milgram’s shock experiment administered the maximum shock (450 volts) when instructed?

Answer 17

• True

Question 18

What % of people in Milgram’s shock experiment administered 459 volts when given a choice? What did the majority choose?

Answer 18

• 2.5% administered maximum

- Majority chose only 15 volts