Conformity And Obedience Mini Test

Question 1

Who found that people were more likely to reuse their hotel towels when simply told other people did, supporting NSI? (1 mark)

Answer 1

Shultz

Question 2

Name the 3 different types of conformity (1 mark)

Answer 2

Internalisation
Compliance
Identification

Question 3

Who found that participants conformed more to Maths answers when they were unconfident in their own Maths ability, supporting ISI? (1 mark)

Answer 3

Lucas + Todd

Question 4

Who repeated Asch’s study in 1980 with engineering students and found that only ONE student conformed in 396 trials? (1 mark

Answer 4

Perrin and Spencer

Question 5

Name the 3 main variations of the Asch study (1 mark

Answer 5

Task difficulty, group size, unanimity

Question 6

Name the 3 main situational variables researched by Milgram

Answer 6

Uniform, location, proximity

Question 7

Who found that students blamed the ‘experimenter’ when being showed the Milgram study, supporting the agentic state theory explanation of obedience? (1 mark)

Answer 7

Blass and schmidt

Question 8

Who found that you are more likely to obey a guard than a milkman, supporting the legitimacy of authority explanation of obedience? (1 mark)

Answer 8

Bickman

Question 9

Who conducted interviews with Milgram’s fully obedient participants and found that they scored high on the F scale, supporting the authoritarian personality explanation of obedience? (1 mark)

Answer 9

Milgram and Elms

Question 10

Name the 3 explanations of obedience (1 mark

Answer 10

Agentic state, authoritarian personality, legitimacy of authority