A group of students are wearing a particular brand of trainers because they believe the trainers are genuinely the best available.
Which type of conformity is mainly shown by these students?

A Compliance
B Identification
C Internalisation
D Obedience

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Amir laughs at a joke that he does not find funny because all his friends are laughing and he does not want to appear boring.
Which explanation of conformity best explains Amir’s behaviour?

A Informational social influence
B Normative social influence
C The agentic shift
D Legitimate authority

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In one variation of his research, Asch increased the size of the majority from three confederates to seven confederates.
What effect did this have on conformity?

A Conformity fell to almost zero
B Conformity rose and then levelled off
C Conformity continued to rise steadily
D Conformity stayed exactly the same

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Which of the following best describes informational social influence?

A Conforming to be liked and accepted by others
B Conforming because others are seen as a source of information
C Conforming to avoid punishment from authority
D Conforming due to habit and routine

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In Milgram’s original obedience study, participants often said things like, “I didn’t want to hurt him, but the experimenter was in charge, so I had to continue.”
Which concept from obedience research is illustrated here?

A Autonomous state
B Agentic state
C Authoritarian personality
D Minority influence

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Which of the following situational variables, when altered, was found by Milgram to decrease levels of obedience?

A The teacher and learner being in separate rooms
B The experiment taking place in a prestigious university
C The experimenter giving orders over the telephone
D The experimenter wearing a lab coat

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Authoritarian Personality?

A Locus of control is internal
B Flexible and open-minded
C Strong respect for authority and conventional values
D Rejects stereotypes and social rules

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A person who believes that “whatever happens to me is mostly due to luck or fate” is likely to have:

A a high internal locus of control
B a low need for affiliation
C a low external locus of control
D a high external locus of control

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A small group of students campaign for healthier food in the school canteen. They all bring healthy packed lunches every day for several months and never buy junk food, even when it is on special offer.
Which process in minority influence is best illustrated here?

A Flexibility
B Consistency
C Agentic shift
D Social support

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Which of the following changes to Asch’s procedure led to a decrease in conformity?

A Increasing task difficulty
B Adding a dissenting confederate
C Increasing the size of the majority from 3 to 4
D Making the participant give responses in public

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