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When Milgram's experimental series was reenacted in Bridgeport,Connecticut,far from the prestige and authority of Yale University,the proportion of participants who fully complied with orders to shock the learner _____ compared to the Yale rate.

A) remained unchanged
B) decreased
C) doubled
D) increased moderately

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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A change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure is called:

A) conciliation.
B) commonality.
C) conformity.
D) deindividuation.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Mullen and her colleagues (1990) found that the average baseline jaywalking rate decreases in the presence of a non-jaywalking confederate,especially if the non-jaywalker is well dressed.This is an example of the power of _____ on conformity.

Sherif is to the study of _____ as Asch is to the study of _____.

Although he had made a promise to himself to not smoke,Tom gave into peer pressure at a party and smoked because he did not want to be rejected by the others.Tom's conformity is a result of:

Which of the following verbal prods was used by the experimenter in Milgram's study to encourage the participants to continue?

A social role is:

Conformity is greater when people feel incompetent.This pattern reflects:

A type of compliance involving acting in accord with a direct order or command is called:

Jason,a free-spirited young man,is traveling to the Bahamas for the first time.He depends on his friends' reviews to decide on the islands to visit during the trip.He makes his hotel bookings based on hotel reviews by a travel website.In this scenario,Jason most likely exemplifies _____.

According to Asch's research on conformity,which of the following is true of the group size that predicts conformity?

When our behavior is a result of our boss telling us what to do,it is a form of:

The names we choose for our children often express our:

Sarah,a 23-year-old American,works in a multinational company and has brown hair.She is the youngest child of her parents and grew up in a middle-class family.She is overweight and is 5'3".In the context of William McGuire's study on asserting uniqueness,how would Sarah describe her personality?

Davis,an immigrant,has been living in the United States for five years.Although he does not particularly like coffee,he regularly drinks Starbucks coffee before he starts his work because his colleagues drink it regularly.Identify the reason for Davis's behavior in this scenario.

Connor,a 20-year-old student,gets a skull tattoo and a mohawk just like his friends have.Which of the classical obedience studies explains Connor's behavior in this scenario?

Chartrand and Bargh (1999) found that participants in an experiment who worked alongside another person who occasionally rubbed her face were unwittingly more likely to rub their face.They called this:

As an example of the liberating effects of group influence,_____ of the participants in a variation of Milgram's study conformed to the confederate's behavior when the confederates defied the experimenter.

Sophia,a 33-year-old married woman,gives birth to a baby boy and wants to find a rare name for her child.She searches the Internet rigorously and finally decides on a Hebrew name.In this scenario,Sophia takes the extra effort to _____.

Which of the following studies tested the consequences of the demands of authority clashing with the demands of conscience?