Social Influence

What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group?

• Members of the in-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership.
• Members of the in-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow.
• Members of the in-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group.
• Members of the in-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group.

What is a difference between obedience and conformity?

• In conformity, there is a perceived difference in status between the one who conforms and the group.

• In obedience, there is a difference in status between the one who obeys and the one who makes the request.

• Conformity requires strict adherence to the rules, whereas obedience does not.

• Obedience is an indirect request, whereas conformity is a direct request.

• Conformity involves agreeing to change in response to a request, whereas obedience involves an indirect request for agreement.

Conformity is best described as

• performing simple tasks more quickly in the presence of others.

• adjusting our behavior or thinking toward a group standard.

• neglecting critical thinking in order to preserve group harmony.

• losing self-awareness in group situations that foster anonymity.

Norms are

• rules that apply to all members of the group that govern acceptable behavior and attitudes.

• implicit or explicit rules that apply to all members of the group that govern acceptable behavior and attitudes.
• rules that apply to testing standards only
• explicit rules that govern behavior

_____ is an unfavourable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason about someone.

• Stereotype

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

Cynthia has a strong dislike for everyone in a neighboring town. This can be explained as

• stereotype, because she has a fixed idea about the kind of people they are

• prejudice, because she has a generalized negative feeling toward them

• cognitive dissonance, because she has to travel through the town to get to work

• in-group bias, because everyone in her neighborhood does not like them

Which of the following examples describes discrimination?

• Anthony thinks that all English majors love poetry

• Sarah dislikes all people who play sports

• Ms. Burrell gives boys lower grades than girls for similar work

• Mr. Munsen thought Tim must be a trouble maker, and Time started acting up in class.

Which of the following occurs when you agree to the request of another person even though you don’t think the request is right?

• deindividuation
• compliance
• bystander effect
• social loafing

The tendency to overestimate disposition & underestimate the situation when analyzing the behavior of others is known as ___.

• Disposition
• Fundamental Attribution Error
• General Adaptation Syndrome
• Emotional Blends

The Stanford Prison experiment demonstrated

• the negative consequences of groupthink.
• how far people are willing to go when instructed to do something by an authority figure.
• the power that situations can have in changing how people feel, think, and behave.
• the boost that social facilitation can provide to individual performance.