A Level Psychology All Topics Quiz

Which of these terms describes identification?

• A long term public and private change

• A public (but not private) change

• A private change

• A short term public and private change

Which type of conformity if referenced here?

“Toby was unhappy that his friends were smoking, but decided to smoke too as he didn’t want to be the odd one out.”

• Normative social influence

• Informational social influence

• Compliance

• Identification

Which of these is not a variation of the Asch experiment named on the specification?

• Task difficulty

• Group size

• Unanimity

• Uniform

Which variation of Asch’s experiment works well to show normative social influence?

• Task difficulty

• Group size

• Unanimity

• Locus of Control

What is being described here?

“When the answer in a task is obvious”

• Ambiguous task

• Unambiguous task

• Ecological validity

• Unanimity

In the ‘task difficulty’ variation by Asch, how did he make the task more difficult?

• By decreasing the amount of confederates

• By increasing the amount of confederates

• By making the confederate give the correct answer throughout

• By making the difference between the line lengths significantly smaller

Zimbardo’s research in the Stanford Prison experiment is an example of…

• Conformity to social roles

• Obedience

• Independent Behaviour

• Normative social influence

Which ethical issue is least relevant to Zimbardo?

• Informed consent

• Right to withdraw

• Confidentiality

• Psychological harm

Which of these terms is not relevant to Zimbardo’s research?

• Random allocation

• Volunteer sample

• Obedience

• Ecological validity

Which of these are the situational variables affecting obedience as investigated by Milgram?

• Legitimate authority, agentic state

• Uniform, Location, Proximity

• Social Support, Locus of Control

• Group Size, Unanimity, Task Difficulty