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UCR PSYC 140 Final Questions and
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Graded
3 kinds of social influence
Ans: conformity, compliance, obedience
Conformity
Ans: changing one's behavior or beliefs in response to real or
imagined pressure from others
automatic mimicry
Ans: we mindlessly imitate other people's behavior
ideomotor actions
Ans: -merely thinking about a behavior makes performing it
more likely
-preparation to interact (we like people mimicking us)
study: photographs & confederates who shook their foot or rubbed
their face
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Ans: undergrads described photographs from magazines in two
sessions with one other person. the confederate rubbed face or
shook foot. participants shook their feet more often in the
presence of the foot-shaking confederate and vice versa
informational social influence
Ans: the influence of other people that results from taking
their comments or actions as a source as a source of
information about what is correct
normative social influence
Ans: the desire to avoid being criticized, disapproved of, or
shunned
asch's conformity experiment
Ans: -how often would the participant forsake what they know
and conform to the incorrect judgment given by everyone else?
-8 participants determined which of the three lines were longer,
the participant was influenced by the rest of the confederates
and changed their decisions
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group size
Ans: conformity increases with group size, but only until about
3-4 members
group unanimity
Ans: -if you expect to be pressured to conform and want to
remain true to your beliefs, bring an ally
-the presence of an ally weakens informational & normative
social influence
anonymity
Ans: eliminates normative social influence and therefore
should substantially reduce conformity
expertise/status
Ans: expertise: informational social influence
status: normative social influence
culture
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UCR PSYC 140 Final Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
3 kinds of social influence
Ans: conformity, compliance, obedience
Conformity
Ans: changing one's behavior or beliefs in response to real or
imagined pressure from others
automatic mimicry
Ans: we mindlessly imitate other people's behavior
ideomotor actions
Ans: -merely thinking about a behavior makes performing it
more likely
-preparation to interact (we like people mimicking us)
study: photographs & confederates who shook their foot or rubbed
their face
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Ans: undergrads described photographs from magazines in two
sessions with one other person. the confederate rubbed face or
shook foot. participants shook their feet more often in the
presence of the foot-shaking confederate and vice versa
informational social influence
Ans: the influence of other people that results from taking
their comments or actions as a source as a source of
information about what is correct
normative social influence
Ans: the desire to avoid being criticized, disapproved of, or
shunned
asch's conformity experiment
Ans: -how often would the participant forsake what they know
and conform to the incorrect judgment given by everyone else?
-8 participants determined which of the three lines were longer,
the participant was influenced by the rest of the confederates
and changed their decisions
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group size
Ans: conformity increases with group size, but only until about
3-4 members
group unanimity
Ans: -if you expect to be pressured to conform and want to
remain true to your beliefs, bring an ally
-the presence of an ally weakens informational & normative
social influence
anonymity
Ans: eliminates normative social influence and therefore
should substantially reduce conformity
expertise/status
Ans: expertise: informational social influence
status: normative social influence
culture
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