A Quiz on Psychology; Social Influence

What does the term 'Social Influence' mean?

Conforming to the behavior of other people.

Copying other people.

Judging others based on their opinions.

An individual being influenced by other people.

What are the three main types of Social Influence?

Conformity, Obedience and Attachment.

Conformity, Obedience and Compliance.

Compliance, Obedience and Rejection.

Obedience, Attachment and Rejection.

What is Majority Influence?

When a smaller group of people influence a larger group of people.

When a larger group of people obey instructions given by a smaller group of people.

When a larger group of people influence a smaller group of people.

When a smaller group of people obey instructions given by a larger group of people.

Compliance is when...

An individual accepts and acts in accord with social pressure.

An individual obeys instructions.

An individual publicly acts in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing.

An individual goes starts smearing their own excrement on the walls of the town Retirement Home.

The accomplices of the experimenter in Asch's study is called a...

Particapant.

Colleague.

Confederate.

Partner.

The most famous and controversial experiment in Social Influence is said to be...

Asch's conformity experiment.

Milgram's obedience experiment.

Typically in social Influence, people will nearly always voice their convictions if...

Two other people have done so.

One other person has done so.

More than two people have done so.

None of the above.

Conformity based on a person's desire to fulfill others' expectations is...

Nominal Influence.

Informational Influence.

Normative Influence.

None of the above.

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