Conformity, Group Behavior - (Modules 75/76)

Question 1

Chameleon Effect

Answer 1

Nonconscious mimicry of one’s interaction partners

Question 2

Conformity

Answer 2

Adjusting our behavior or thinking to match what the group is doing

Question 3

Solomon Asch: Results

Answer 3

Subject is relatively likely to give the same answer as the group, even if it’s not obviously correct

Question 4

Normative Social Influence

Answer 4

Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection

Question 5

Informative Social Influence

Answer 5

Influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept others opinions about reality (believe someone else is right)

Question 6

Stanley Milgram: Results

Answer 6

About 60% of the subjects went to the end of the shock generator

Obedience to authority can keep people from following their own morals and standards

Question 7

Social Facilitation

Answer 7

Improved performance on tasks in the presence of others

Question 8

Social Loafing

Answer 8

Tendency of an individual in a group to exert less effort toward attaining a common goal than when tested individually

Question 9

Deindividuation (mob behavior)

Answer 9

Loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

Question 10

Group Polarization

Answer 10

Enhancement of a group’s prevailing attitudes through discussion within the group

Question 11

Groupthink

Answer 11

Desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides realistic appraisal of alternatives

Poor decision made to preserve harmony in group

Question 12

Norm

Answer 12

Understood rule for accepted and rejected behaviors