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6. Which of Milgrim's variations produced the lowest obedience ?
- Experimenter issues instructions by telephone
- Teacher forces learner's hand onto shock plate
- Member of public stands in for experimenter
- Study is transferred to run-down office building
7. The Stanford Prison Study investigated:
- Obedience to authority
- Rebellion
- Conformity to social roles
- Compliance
8. Which statement best describes the behaviour of the prisoners ?
- They made it very difficult for the guards to enforce the rules of the prison
- They became more withdrawn and anxious as the study progressed
- They resisted the cruelty of the guards throughout the study
- They supported each other
9. Which of the following is a type of conformity ?
- Internalisation
- Obedience
- Unanimity
- Normative Social Influence
10. What did Milgrim find out about location in his variations ?
- Changing location had greatest effect on obedience
- The high status and reputation of Yale University had no effect on obedience
- Obedience decreased when study was conducted in run down part of town
- Most participants still obeyed when moved to run-down office building
11. What was Zimbardo's role in Stanford Prison study ?
- Lead researcher
- Both prison superintendent and lead researcher
- Not part of the study
- Prison superintendent
12. Which of the following comments best describes Normative Social Influence ?
- Going along with other people because we accept their views
- Going along with a group of people because we want to be liked by them
- Going along with other people even though we don't agree
- Going along with a group of people because we don't know what we're doing
13. Bickman's (1974) study supported Milgrim because he found out:
- Reducing distance between authority and participant increased obedience
- Increasing the distance between participants reduced obedience
- People more often obeyed someone dressed in security guard's uniform
- Changing to higher status location increased obedience
14. Milgrim recruited his participants by:
- Word by mouth
- Drawing names out of hat
- Placing adverts in local papers and sending out flyers
- Putting up posters in local neighbourhood
15. What did Asch find out about group size ?
- Conformity kept increasing with group size
- Conformity increased with group size but only to a point
- Conformity decreased as group size increased
- Increasing group size had no effect on conformity
16. What did Asch find out about task difficulty ?
- The task was too difficult for the naive participants
- Conformity decreased as task became more difficult
- Conformity increased when task became more difficult
- Increasing task difficulty had no effect on conformity
17. In Asch's original study the naive participant was always seated:
- Last
- Next to last
- Last or next to last
- First
18. Which of the following is an explanation for conformity ?
- Identification
- Informational Social Influence
- Internalisation
- Compliance
19. In terms of Milgrim's finding, 65% refers to the proportion of participants who:
- Refused to continue at some point during the experiment
- Went all of the way to the top of the shock scale
- Went up to 300 volts and then refused to continue
- Disobeyed at the very beginning of the procedure
20. What did Asch find out about unanimity ?
- When a partner disagreed with majority, conformity increased
- A divided majority had the greatest effect on conformity
- A unanimous majority had the greatest effect on conformity
- Conformity stayed the same whether majority was unanimous or not