Social Influence Multiple Choice QuestionsPart 2

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1. The massacre of unarmed civilians at My Lai by American soldiers can be explained by:

  • Agentic state
  • Neither the agentic state or legitimacy of authority
  • Both the agentic state and legitimacy of authority
  • Legitimacy of authority
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2. Social support helps people to resist social influence because:

  • All
  • It provides a model of disobedience
  • It frees people to act according to their consciences
  • It breaks the unanimity of the majority

3. Authoritarian personality is measured by:

  • A-P scale
  • Potential for fascism scale
  • Assertiveness scale
  • Potential for obedience scale

4. An authoritarian personality develops because a child:

  • Is spoiled by his or hers parents without any discipline
  • Experiences feelings towards his or hers parents that cannot be expressed directly
  • Receives unconditional love and affection from parents
  • Is accepted regardless of his or her achievements

5. The effects of social support where shown Asch's studies when:

  • Th participants wrote their answers down rather than stated them out loud
  • A dissenter gave the correct answer all the time
  • The size of the majority was increased from 2 to 14
  • The task was more difficult because the lines were closer
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