Lesson 4.1.1.1

4.1.1.1 Types of conformity: internalisation and compliance Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which type of conformity involves a lasting change in private belief as well as public behaviour?

    • Obedience to legitimate authority
    • Compliance
    • Internalisation
    • Minority influence

  2. Which description best defines compliance?

    • Following a minority group's consistent view on an issue
    • Changing behaviour only after a direct order from an authority figure
    • Privately adopting group beliefs that persist after the group has disbanded
    • Publicly going along with group norms while privately still disagreeing with them

  3. Which feature best distinguishes internalisation from compliance?

    • Internalisation involves a lasting change in private belief, whereas compliance usually ends when group pressure is removed
    • Compliance involves a lasting change in private belief, whereas internalisation usually ends when group pressure is removed
    • Both involve a permanent change in private belief caused by a direct instruction
    • Internalisation involves publicly following the majority while privately rejecting its views

  4. Which of the following defines conformity?

    • A change in behaviour or belief in response to real or imagined group pressure
    • A deliberate attempt by a minority to change the views of a majority
    • A change in behaviour caused by a direct order from someone in authority
    • A change in behaviour caused only by a request from one other person

  5. A student stops using their phone in class only when the teacher is looking, while privately still thinking the rule is pointless. Which type of conformity does this show?

    • Compliance
    • Obedience to a legitimate authority
    • Minority influence
    • Internalisation

  6. A new employee gradually adopts their company's approach to customer service because they come to believe it is the most effective way to work. Which describes this best?

    • Minority influence, because the company's approach differs from the employee's earlier view
    • Internalisation, because the employee privately accepts the approach and the change in belief is likely to last
    • Compliance, because the employee is following company rules at work
    • Compliance, because the employee follows a group norm to avoid being criticised

  7. A participant in a group discussion agrees with the group in front of others to avoid rejection, but in private they still believe the group is wrong. Which is the best description of this behaviour?

    • Minority influence driven by commitment to a consistent view
    • Internalisation driven by a belief that the group is right
    • Obedience driven by the presence of a legitimate authority
    • Compliance driven by a wish to avoid disapproval

  8. A school introduces a rule and pupils follow it only when a teacher is in the room. The teacher wants to know whether the change is likely to last. What is the best conclusion?

    • The pupils have internalised the rule and will keep following it permanently
    • The pupils have internalised the rule because they are following it in front of the teacher
    • The change is probably compliance, so behaviour may stop once the teacher leaves the room
    • The change is caused by minority influence, since the teacher is present

  9. A researcher wants to know whether a change in behaviour caused by group pressure is internalisation or compliance. Which measure would be most useful?

    • Whether the participant agreed with the group before the pressure started
    • Whether the behaviour continues in private once the group pressure has been removed
    • How many people were in the group at the time of the test
    • Whether the group contained a dissenting member at the start

  10. A participant in a study on conformity shows the same behaviour in public and in a private follow-up session, weeks after the group pressure ended. What does this suggest?

    • The participant has probably internalised the group's view
    • The participant is complying with a legitimate authority
    • The participant is showing compliance that will fade soon
    • The participant is showing minority influence

  11. Which of the following is a feature of compliance rather than internalisation?

    • The change depends on the presence of the group
    • The change is driven by accepting the group's information as correct
    • The change is accompanied by a shift in private belief
    • The change is long-lasting and not reliant on monitoring

  12. Which pair of terms correctly matches the type of conformity to its usual outcome?

    • Internalisation: change caused by authority; compliance: change caused by minority
    • Internalisation: long-lasting change; compliance: temporary change
    • Internalisation: temporary change; compliance: long-lasting change
    • Internalisation: change only in public; compliance: change in private belief

  13. A football fan wears their team's colours to a match to fit in with friends, but does not care about the team at any other time. Which type of conformity best describes this?

    • Internalisation, since the fan has adopted the team's values as a lasting part of their private beliefs
    • Obedience, since the friends act as an authority figure whose instructions the fan follows without question
    • Compliance, since the change in behaviour is tied to the social setting and not to private belief
    • Minority influence, since the fan's consistent support for the team gradually changes the views of the group

  14. A psychologist claims that internalisation is a stronger form of conformity than compliance. Which justification is most accurate?

    • Both forms change private belief in the same way, so their effects last equally long once the pressure ends
    • Internalisation depends on the size of the group, so it becomes less stable as more people join the group
    • Internalisation changes what a person privately believes, so its effects are more stable than compliance
    • Compliance changes what a person privately believes, so its effects are less stable than internalisation

  15. In a study, participants who agreed with a group's answers in public continued to give the group's answers in a later private test with no group present. Which conclusion is best supported?

    • Obedience to the experimenter who ran the original session
    • Minority influence exerted by the most consistent group member
    • Private acceptance of the group's answers, which suggests internalisation
    • Public compliance that will be dropped once the test is over

  16. Which statement about conformity is accurate?

    • Conformity can only be shown by individuals who are in a minority
    • Conformity can result from real group pressure or from an imagined sense of group expectation
    • Conformity requires that the person privately disagrees with the group in every case
    • Conformity only occurs when a person is ordered to act by an authority figure

  17. A manager praises employees who follow a new procedure, and this praise makes them keep using it. Which concept best explains the continuation?

    • Dispositional obedience, because the manager has authority
    • Internalisation, because the procedure has become a private belief
    • Minority influence, because the manager is holding a consistent view
    • Compliance, because the procedure is maintained by the desire to gain approval

  18. A student reads an article that persuades them that a new revision method works, and they change their study habits permanently as a result. Which type of conformity is the closest match to this change?

    • Compliance, because the student is following advice from an expert and keeps the habit mainly while supervised
    • Minority influence, because the article presents a minority view that the student accepts without any change in belief
    • Obedience, because the article acts as a legitimate authority whose instructions the student feels bound to follow
    • Internalisation, because the student's private belief has changed and the new habit is likely to last

  19. Which pattern would be the best evidence that a participant has complied rather than internalised a group's view?

    • The participant agrees with the group both in public and when alone for a long time afterwards
    • The participant agrees with the group only while the group is present and disagrees once alone
    • The participant changes their answers only after being told by an authority figure
    • The participant keeps their own view even when the group is present

  20. A psychologist must design a study that separates compliance from internalisation. Which design feature is most important?

    • Making sure all participants are the same age and gender
    • Including a follow-up measure taken when the group is no longer present
    • Asking participants to give their answers aloud in the group setting
    • Using a larger sample of group members to increase the pressure

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