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1
An example of social ______________ is standing and singing the national anthem.
A)influence
B)compliance
C)conformity
D)none of the above
2
Group pressure can cause people to go against what their eyes tell them about social reality, as in Soloman Asch's study where participants _______________.
A)pass a car when pressured by peers
B)leave a tip for the waiter/waitress because others did
C)incorrectly identify the length of a line
D)change their opinion about the color of the moon after being prodded
3
The ___________ norm is often used as a token to possibly lower resistance of another or to increase their compliance.
A)common influence
B)reciprocity
C)positive return effect
D)peer-pressure
4
If you were asked to put a sign on your lawn by a politician, and later you were asked to campaign for that politician, you would have been involved in the ______________.
A)secure and influence scam
B)door-in-the-face-technique
C)golden rule technique
D)foot-in-the-door technique
5
The Milgram obedience study indicated that ______________ of the participants obeyed the destructive commands of an authority.
A)one-third
B)two-thirds
C)less than 10%
D)none of the above
6
Normative influence means one will conform or comply because of _____________.
A)good will
B)naivety
C)need to ingratiate themselves
D)a fear of social rejection
7
An adolescent might conform due to all of the following, EXCEPT ____________.
A)peer pressure
B)fear of being excluded from the group
C)rebellion toward parents
D)need for social acceptance
8
Minority influence means __________.
A)a small number of relatively powerless group members can influence the views of the majority
B)majorities can be influenced only by majority members' views
C)small groups within a larger group have the power to only influence themselves
D)dissenting members are likely to conform to the majority's views
9
The guiding principle of _______________is that the interests of the group supercede those of the individual members.
A)individualism
B)collectivism
C)cultism
D)groupthink
10
The work of Natalie Ciarocco and her coworkers found that ______________ someone temporarily depletes the self's resources, making it more difficult to engage in self-regulation to perform other tasks.
A)ostracizing
B)rewarding
C)stereotyping
D)engaging
11
Not being subject to the control of others is _____________.
A)dependence
B)independence
C)the extrinsic effect
D)none of the above
12
In Schachter's "Johnny Rocco" study, it was demonstrated that __________.
A)cohesive groups will try to persuade nonconformists, rejecting nonconformists if persuasion fails
B)cohesive groups will automatically reject nonconformists from their group
C)religious groups will try to persuade nonconformists to join their group
D)non-cohesive groups will not have not conformists as members in their group
13
Unilateral opposition to social influence is called _______________.
A)non-conformity
B)anticonformity
C)psychological conformity
D)none of the above
14
The door-in-the-face technique is the two-step compliance technique in which, after having a _________ request refused, a ______________ request is made.
A)larger; smaller
B)smaller; larger
C)reasonable; unreasonable
D)monetary; salutary
15
A two-step compliance technique, in which the influencer makes a large request, then immediately offers a discount or bonus before the initial request is refused, is called _______________.
A)door-in-the-face technique
B)that's-not-all strategy
C)low-ball technique
D)false impression technique







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