Sherif’s autokinetic experiments and Asch’s line studies demonstrated the power of which social psychological factor on the degree to which people confirm?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which are true of the diathesis-stress model of mental illness?Please identify all correct answers.
   1: When an enduring vulnerability factor in a person is coupled with a recent stressor, it results in psychological disorder.
   2: Only one of the diathesis or stressor needs to be present for symptoms of the psychological disorder to occur.
   3: Both the diathesis and the stressor must be present to lead the symptoms of the psychological disorder.
   4: Diathesis and stressors have specific definitions.

   A. 1 & 4
   B. 1 & 3
   C. 2 & 3
   D. 2 & 4

2. Towards the close of the 19th century, who, as a result of his experiments with animals, formulated laws of learning that seemed to confirm his belief concerning the trial and error nature of learning?

   A. William james
   B. Edward Thomdike
   C. G.Stanely Hall
   D. Charles H.judd

3. Sherif planned a disruption of the water supply in a Boy Scout camp in order to observe how social relationships are influenced by:

   A. superordinate goals
   B. group polarization
   C. ingroup bias
   D. social traps

4. Research studies that examine people’s responses on the Watson Selection test, the military problem puzzle and speak-aloud protocols have demonstrated that reasoning about problems is strongly influenced by:

   A. Logic
   B. Detection of the problem
   C. Conditional of the problem
   D. Heuristics
   E. Representation of the problem

5. Select the TWO correct statements from those below with regard to psychological research:
   1.You can fully understand the result of an IQ test without knowing anything about intelligence testing and standard scores.
   2. if two things are correlated this signifies that one is the cause of the other.
   3. A good knowledge of psychological research methods allows you to avoid making the mistakes that journalists politicians and many others make because they lack the necessary conceptual understanding.
   4. In most countries, in order to become a psychologist, you will be required to conduct a piece of psychological research.

   A. 1 & 2
   B. 2 & 3
   C. 1 & 4
   D. 3 & 4

6. In experiments, an image is quickly flashed and then replaced by a “masking” stimulus that inhibits conscious perception of the original image. In these experiments, the researchers are studying the effect of:

   A. Tinnitus
   B. Accommodation
   C. Blindsight
   D. Priming

7. Experiments based on cognitive dissonance theory have examined the relationship between behavioural compliance and attitude change. Which one of the following conclusions can be drawn from these experiments?

   A. Behavioural compliance never leads to attitude change
   B. The lesser the inducement for compliance, the more the attitude change
   C. The greater the inducement for compliance the more the attitude change
   D. Behavioural compliance always leads to attitude change

8. In Asch’s study of conformity, subjects:

   A. were ordered to give consistently wrong answers to simples
   B. were ordered to deliver painful electric shocks to stranger
   C. indicated which of three lines matched a “standard line” in length
   D. became the recipients of painful electric shocks delivered by an experimental accomplice

9. Solomon Asch designed an experiment in which participants made judgements about the length of lines. He was studying_________?

   A. Compliance
   B. Obedience
   C. Rule making
   D. Conformity

10. In Asch’s studies______were found to be the key determinants of conformity.

    A. task difficulty and group size
    B. the group leader’s personality and group unanimity
    C. group size and the subjects’ intelligence
    D. group size and group unanimity