Which of the following variations of Milgram's (1963) original obedience experiment provides the strongest evidence of the operation of normative conformity when participants administer electric shocks to a confederate learner?
a. When another (confederate) participant refuses to continue, participants obey less.
b. When the participants are in the same room as the learner, they obey less.
c. Older participants are less likely to obey than are younger participants.
d. Participants are less likely to obey when they believe that the learner will have a chance to "teach" them later.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
Jake grew up in a really religious home, but when he is at college he never goes to church. He considers how rarely he goes to church without his family, and decides that religion must not be very important to him. Jake's experience is best explained by social comparison theory
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
While studying the concept of reinforcement, Erica asked herself how reinforcement and punishment differ and what kinds of reinforcement (and punishment) there are; and she tried to think of personal examples of the use of reinforcement. Erica is using
a. elaborative processing. b. rote learning. c. maintenance rehearsal. d. chunking or recoding.
Psychologists identify three types of information that give rise to attitudes. All of the following are suggested as a type of such information EXCEPT for which one?
a. vicarious b. cognitive c. behavioral d. affective
If Rhonda has acute stress disorder, it would be unusual for her to have difficulty sleeping.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)