Foolish conformity to peer pressure is most likely to be motivated by_____needs.

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1. Ehsan has a job that pays well, and he recently moved to a neighborhood where there is a little crime. Lately he finds that he is thinking seriously about finding the right person to settle down with, and raising a family. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, at this point in time Ehsan is most likely motivated by:

   A. belongingness and love needs
   B. aesthetic needs
   C. the need for self-actualization
   D. esteem needs

2. 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

3. ______is best known for his research on conformity.

   A. Asch
   B. Rubin
   C. Schachter
   D. Zimbardo

4. 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

5. Moral behavior in conformity with the moral code of the social group “moral” comes from the____word mores, meaning manners, customs and folkways:

   A. Greek
   B. Latin
   C. English
   D. Arabic

6. Behavior that is altered by external stimuli or rewards is motivated by:

   A. Punishers
   B. Reinforces
   C. Shaping
   D. Incentives

7. Current research considers human sexual behavior to be motivated by what factors in the brain?

   A. External sensory stimuli and organism’s internal state
   B. Pre-optic area and estrogen
   C. Interpersonal attraction and financial stability
   D. Intelligence and physical attractiveness

8. The brain structure that plays a critical role in ‘motivated’ behaviors such as eating and sexual activity is the ___________?

   A. cerebral cortex
   B. amygdala
   C. corpus collosum
   D. hypothalamus

9. The nation of the criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets

   A. Sapir- Whorf hypothesis
   B. Legal- rational authority
   C. Routine activities theory
   D. None of these

10. According to Higgins’ self-discrepancy theory, what are individuals motivated to do?

    A. Attain the attributes of the ought self
    B. Attain the attributes of the ideal self
    C. Reduce discrepancies between the actual self and ideal self
    D. Reduce discrepancies between the actual self and ought self
    E. All of the above