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1. Solomon Asch, in his studies of conformity, found that

A. participants will agree with the incorrect judgements of others even when the correct answer is obvious.

2. It has been found that cross-country runners have faster running times when they run with another person than when they run by themselves. This phenomenon is called

B. social facilitation.

3. In his studies of obedience to authority, Stanley Milgram stated that one of the most important factors impelling people to obey was

D. committing themselves to a particular social role.

4. Social psychologists have discovered that, when people are asked to explain why someone acted in a particular way, they

D. all the above

5. Which of the following statements about social facilitation is FALSE?

A. Social facilitation occurs only when there are many others present.

6. In Milgram's studies of obedience, when participants could hear the Learner yelling through the wall, about what percentage of the participants continued shocking the Learner all the way to the end of the experiment?

C. 65%

7. Which of the following seems to have been true about the personalities of fully obedient Teachers in Milgram's research?

A. On average, they had normal personalities.

8. Solomon Asch studied conformity by having subjects judge the lengths of lines. In these studies, Asch found that participants were LEAST likely to conform when

B. the judgement was an easy one to make.

9. All of the following psychological factors but one INCREASED obedience in the participants in Milgram's obedience studies. Which of the following was NOT one of these psychological factors?

A. The participants believed that the electric shocks were not really harming the Learner that much.

10. Why is it probably impossible to develop a complete explanation of a phenomenon (such as the causes of schizophrenia)?

A. Because every phenomenon has a large number of interacting causes.

11. The most important assumption of social psychologists is that

A. social situations determine mental events and behavior.

12. In his research, Stanley Milgram assumed all of the following except:

C. individual differences in behavior are much more common than similarities.

13. In order for a theory of a phenomenon (such as the theory of evolution by natural selection) to be considered to be a "fact" (a true theory), researchers testing that theory must have

B. ruled out all plausible alternative explanations of the phenomenon.

14. In Milgram's obedience studies, some Teachers became annoyed when the Learner complained about the intensity of the shock. Which of the following is the best explanation of why these Teachers felt annoyed?

A. They felt that the Learner had agreed to take on a particular social role and now was breaking his agreement.

15. According to the results of Milgram's obedience studies, which of the following is NOT a likely explanation for the obedience shown by participants?

D. Participants who fully obeyed the Experimenter tended to be "people pleasers" who would do anything to get people to like them.

16. In his obedience studies, Milgram found that the closer in terms of physical proximity the Learner was to the Teacher,

B. the MORE likely it was that the Teacher would disobey.

17. All of the following situational factors but one INCREASED obedience in the participants in Milgram's obedience studies. Which of the following was NOT one of these situational factors?

D. The Teacher assumed responsibility.

18. In Asch's conformity studies, one factor that increased the amount of conformity was

D. complete agreement among confederates.

19. In his studies of obedience, Milgram found that the greater the immediacy of the Experimenter,

D. the LESS likely it was that the Teacher would disobey.

20. In the experimental studies performed by Milgram, which of the following was one of the dependent variables?

A. the voltage level at which the participants stopped

21. Elms and Milgram (1966) found a personality trait that was associated with disobedience among subjects in Milgram's research: disobedient subjects tended to _____ than did obedient subjects.

A. question more the commands of authority figures

22. In his studies of obedience, Milgram found that people without any obvious personality problems would physically harm another person when an authority

C. took responsibility for the actions of these people.

23. In Milgram's "standard condition," about _____ of the _____ fully obeyed the experimenter?

D. 65%; Teachers

24. Rosemary has found that she is able to study longer when she is in a room with other people who also are studying than when she is alone. This is an example of

B. social facilitation.

25. In the studies of Solomon Asch, participants were LEAST likely to conform when

A. at least one of the confederates disagreed with the rest of the group.

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