Question 1

When people conform in attitudes or behaviours in order to be accepted and liked by others,social psychologists say that _______ has occurred.

Accepted Answer

A)   social approval
B)   contagion
C)   social acceptance
D)   normative social influence
E)   informational social influenceF) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 2

In a series of studies by Solomon Asch (1951,1956) ,when participants judged the lengths of lines alone rather than in a group of confederates,their judgments were accurate about 99% of the time.Still,when other participants made judgments in a group of people who gave the wrong answers,they too,reported incorrect judgments.These findings suggest that

Accepted Answer

A)   people will distort reality to avoid punishment or social censure.
B)   normative social influence was at work.
C)   people are easily distracted in a group setting.
D)   experts exert informational social influence in ambiguous situations.
E)   informational social influence happens, even in unambiguous situations.F) C) and D)
G) A) and E)

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