Lesson 3.2.1.1.1

3.2.1.1.1 Social and dispositional factors affecting conformity to majority influence Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 5

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The 20 questions

  1. What is conformity?

    • Changing one's behaviour or beliefs to match the majority of a group
    • Refusing to follow group norms when they are clearly wrong
    • Helping a stranger in need when others are present
    • Following the orders of a person in authority

  2. Which social factor increases conformity to majority influence?

    • Private answering
    • Anonymous responses
    • Larger group size
    • Easier task

  3. Which situation tends to reduce conformity?

    • Being part of a unanimous group of strangers
    • Facing a very difficult task alongside the group
    • Being in a group of people whose opinions you value greatly
    • Giving answers privately where no one else can see them

  4. How does task difficulty affect conformity?

    • Task difficulty has no effect on conformity
    • Conformity tends to increase when the task is more difficult
    • Conformity is highest when the task is extremely easy
    • Conformity decreases when the task is more difficult

  5. Which personality trait is linked to conformity?

    • An interest in abstract art
    • A strong preference for working alone
    • A habit of questioning every rule
    • A high need for social approval

  6. What does expertise do to conformity?

    • People with greater expertise always conform more to the opinion of the group
    • Expertise only affects conformity in children who are still learning the task
    • Expertise has no influence on conformity at all in group decision-making tasks
    • People with greater expertise tend to conform less to majority opinion

  7. Participants answer privately on paper rather than aloud. What is the predicted effect on conformity?

    • Conformity increases because the group feels more pressure
    • Conformity decreases because the group cannot see individual answers
    • Conformity increases only in large groups
    • Conformity stays the same because the group is still present

  8. A participant is in a group of five who all disagree with them on an easy question. What is the best prediction?

    • The participant is likely to conform less
    • The participant will ignore the group because the group is too big
    • The participant is likely to conform more, because an easy task makes them doubt themselves
    • The participant will conform equally on easy and hard tasks

  9. Which variable in a conformity study is manipulated by the researcher rather than being a dispositional factor?

    • Self-esteem of participants
    • Expertise of participants
    • Personality of participants
    • Group size

  10. Why might someone with low self-confidence conform more?

    • They never notice the group's answers because they focus on their own task
    • They may rely more on others' judgements to decide what is correct
    • They always disagree with group norms and refuse to change their own answers
    • They are less affected by group size because they focus on their own answers

  11. Which statement about anonymity and conformity is accurate?

    • Anonymity increases conformity, because people want to hide in the crowd
    • Anonymity has no effect at all on conformity
    • Anonymity tends to reduce conformity
    • Anonymity only affects conformity when the task is easy

  12. What is majority influence?

    • Pressure to help strangers in an emergency when other people are watching
    • Pressure to obey an authority figure's commands during a laboratory experiment
    • Pressure to join a crowd for protection from a group of people nearby
    • Pressure to conform to the opinion of the larger number of people

  13. Why do people often conform to the majority, even when they privately disagree?

    • Because the task is too difficult to answer alone
    • To be liked and accepted by the group
    • Because written rules force them to agree
    • Because they always believe the majority is right

  14. A researcher claims conformity is caused only by group size. Which response is best?

    • This is partly correct, but conformity is caused only by personality and self-esteem
    • This is incomplete, since task difficulty, anonymity and personality also affect conformity
    • This is correct, since group size is the only factor that matters in a lab study
    • This is correct, since no other variables have been tested in a single study

  15. Which combination of factors would most likely produce strong conformity?

    • A small group, an easy task, and anonymous answers
    • A large group, a difficult task, and public answers
    • A single person, a difficult task, and anonymous answers
    • A large group, an easy task, and private answers

  16. Expertise is a dispositional factor. How would a participant with expertise in the task be expected to behave?

    • Be more likely to conform because experts defer to groups
    • Conform exactly as often as non-experts
    • Refuse to answer any question in the study
    • Be less likely to conform to a wrong majority answer

  17. A researcher argues that conformity research overlooks personal differences. Which evaluation is best supported?

    • It is inaccurate, because expertise is a social factor
    • It ignores dispositional differences, such as personality, that also shape how people conform
    • It is accurate, because personality has never been shown to affect behaviour
    • It is accurate, because task difficulty is always irrelevant

  18. A psychologist predicts that participants with high expertise will conform less. What is the best test of this?

    • Compare conformity rates of experts and non-experts on the same task
    • Ask experts to describe their personality on a form
    • Interview experts about whether they like groups
    • Observe experts in a crowd and count how often they cheer

  19. Why might a difficult task produce more conformity than an easy task?

    • Difficult tasks make participants refuse to answer the question at all in the study
    • Difficult tasks make people more confident in their own answers and less willing to conform
    • Difficult tasks always remove group pressure because people stop caring about the result
    • Uncertainty about the correct answer makes people rely more on the group's judgement

  20. Which situation is the best example of conformity?

    • A student refuses to copy an answer that they know is wrong
    • A shopper donates to charity after seeing a poster
    • A teenager adopts the clothing style of friends to fit in
    • A driver obeys a traffic light because it is the law

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