Studies, Key Names

Question 1

Jelly bean study

Answer 1

Jenness

Question 2

Jenness

Answer 2

Jelly bean study

Question 3

Asch

Answer 3

The line test

Question 4

The line test

Answer 4

Asch

Question 5

Deutsch and Gérard

Answer 5

Distinguished between the types of conformity

Question 6

Who defined the types of conformity

Answer 6

Deutsch and Gerard

Question 7

Electrocution test

Answer 7

Milgram

Question 8

Milgram

Answer 8

Electrocution test

Question 9

Zimbardo

Answer 9

Stamford prison experiment

Question 10

Stamford prison experiment

Answer 10

Zimbardo

Question 11

The 22 nurses study

Answer 11

Hofling

Question 12

Hofling

Answer 12

The 22 nurses study

Question 13

The authoritarian personality theory

Answer 13

Adorno

Question 14

Fromm

Answer 14

The authoritarian personality theory

Question 15

Bickman

Answer 15

The uniform study (man in suit, milkman and security guard)

Question 16

The uniform study

Answer 16

Bickman

Question 17

Adorno

Answer 17

The F scale test

Question 18

The F scale test

Answer 18

Adorno

Question 19

Moghaddam

Answer 19

Found Japanese people were more likely than Americans to have an external locus of control suggesting that there might be a cultural explanation for some being more obedient

Question 20

Holland

Answer 20

Found no link whatsoever between LOC and obedience

Question 21

Blass

Answer 21

Performed a statistical analysis of Hollands work and found that those with an Internal LOC were more able to resist authority especially if they felt they were being manipulated

Question 22

Allen and Levine

Answer 22

People would still conform to an answer despite an unreliable confederate with “poor sight”