Quiz 5

Question 0

What is the difference between conformity and obedience?

Answer 0

Conformity - no explicit demand to conform

Obedience - commanded to comply

Question 1

What are the 2 reasons people conform?

Answer 1

(1) normative social influence - we seek others approval or seek to avoid their disapproval
(2) informational social influence - want to be right and not wrong

Question 2

What are the 3 primary reasons for obedience?

Answer 2

(1) emotional distance (2) closeness and legitimacy of the authority (3) institutional authority

Question 3

What is groupthink?

Answer 3

Impaired decision making within a group and differing opinions are not shared by its members in order to maintain group harmony

Question 4

What 3 things lead to groupthink?

Answer 4

(1) group cohesion (2) isolation (3) directive leader

Question 5

What is the bystander effect?

Answer 5

Tendency for an individual who observes an emergency to help less when others are present than when they are alone

Question 6

What 3 things lead to the bystander effect?

Answer 6

(1) diffusion of responsibility among the bystanders (2) tendency to look at behaviors of others to try and figure out what to do (3) less likely to notice the accident when others are around

Question 7

What 3 criteria are necessary in order to intervene in an emergency?

Answer 7

(1) notice the incident (2) interpret incident as an emergency (3) assume personal responsibility

Question 8

Why does the bystander effect occur more in cities?

Answer 8

(1) compassion fatigue or sensory overload , emergencies common (2) diffusion of responsibility , more people to help

Question 9

When are males and females more likely to intervene?

Answer 9

Males - if situation is potentially dangerous and they feel competent to help
Females - if situation involves nurturing and there is not perceived danger