Question:

Answer: No. Conformity requires that you base your behavior on what other people are doing, not being told to do so.

Question: Which of the following is NOT a form of social influence?

Select one:

1. conformity

2. b. compliance

3. c. obedience

4. d. altruism

5. Answer: altruism

6. Question: The main task of the Solomon Asch studies was ________.

7. Select one:

8. a. selecting paint colors

9. b. judging line sizes

10. c. rating new fashions

11. d. taste-testing new candies

12. Answer: judging line sizes

13. Question:

14. Answer: You believe that reality TV is for morons but are addicted to American Idol and watch every episode

15. Question:

16. Answer: I believe smoking is bad for my health; I love to smoke.

17. Question:

18. Answer: Pink shirts are effeminate; Bruce Willis wears pink shirts.

19. Question:

20. Answer: reduction of cognitive dissonance

21. Question:

22. Answer: Those who got $1 to perform a boring task said the task was more interesting than did those who got $20.

23. Question: Which of the following statements concerning social categorization is correct?

24. Select one:

25. a. it occurs without conscious awareness

26. b. it is deliberate and conscious

27. c. people who do it tend to be young and naïve

28. d. social categorization is a relatively new phenomenon

29. Answer: it occurs without conscious awareness

30. Question: Which term refers to a set of characteristics believed to be shared by all members of a particular group?

31. Select one:

32. a. stereotype

33. b. expectation

34. c. classification

35. d. categorization

36. Answer: stereotype