19 Questions
What was the key finding of Milgram's obedience experiments?
People were willing to administer dangerous electric shocks if an experimenter instructed them to.
Which type of social influence was demonstrated in Milgram's obedience experiments?
Informational influence
Which experiment provided early evidence that social factors can influence individual performance?
The Triplett 1897 experiment
What was the key finding of the Impression Formation experiment?
The morning stream rated the target person statistically less positively than the afternoon stream.
Which of the following best describes independence?
The state or quality of being independent, not influenced or controlled by others.
Which type of social influence is characterized by conforming primarily due to concern about how one will be perceived, while privately disagreeing?
Normative influence
Which experiment demonstrated that social factors like competition and evaluation can influence individual performance?
Triplett's 1897 experiment
What does anticonformity refer to?
The refusal to conform to established customs, views, or styles in behavior or thinking.
Which type of social influence is characterized by conforming due to a desire to form correct judgments, based on the belief that others have accurate information?
Informational influence
According to the bystander effect, which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the inhibition of helping behavior in emergency situations?
Increased sense of urgency when more people are present
In the context of the bystander effect, which of the following statements is true regarding familiarity?
Helping is inhibited more among strangers than among friends or acquaintances.
Which of the following factors is NOT mentioned as influencing the likelihood of individuals offering help in a given situation?
The individual's level of training and knowledge
According to the social loafing phenomenon, what happens to individual effort when working on a collective task compared to working alone or coactively?
Individual effort decreases as the group size increases.
In an emergency situation, which of the following actions would be most effective in overcoming the bystander effect and increasing the likelihood of individuals offering help?
Clearly assigning responsibility to a specific individual
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between group size and individual performance, as demonstrated by the Ringelmann effect and social loafing?
Individual performance decreases as group size increases.
Which of the following actions would be most effective in reducing the impact of audience inhibition on helping behavior in an emergency situation?
Reducing the visibility of individual actions to others
According to the passage, which of the following statements about social influence and the bystander effect is true?
Other bystanders serve as models, and their apparent lack of concern can influence the individual's perception of the situation.
In a clear emergency situation where the presence of others is inhibiting helping behavior due to the bystander effect, which of the following actions would be most effective in overcoming this effect?
Directly assigning responsibility to a specific individual
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between group familiarity and helping behavior, as discussed in the passage?
People are more likely to help if they know the others in the group, compared to a group of strangers.
Test your knowledge on the challenges of relying on self-report data for cross-cultural comparisons of attitudes and values. This quiz covers topics such as criticisms of Milgram's experiment, ethical issues in research, and the Stanford prison experiment.
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