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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  • They became more withdrawn and anxious as the study progressed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