Conformity Quiz for AP Psychology: Test Your Knowledge!

📚 Quick Study Guide

🧠 Conformity: Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Normative Social Influence: Conforming to gain approval or avoid disapproval (based on the desire to be liked). ℹ️ Informational Social Influence: Conforming because you accept others' views about reality (based on the desire to be right). 📏 Asch's Conformity Experiments: Demonstrated the power of normative social influence through line judgment tasks. 💯 Factors Affecting Conformity: Group size, unanimity, cohesion, status, prior commitment, culture. 🧍 Individualism vs. Collectivism: Individualistic cultures emphasize personal achievement, while collectivist cultures prioritize group harmony. ❗ Obedience: Compliance with commands given by an authority figure (related to, but distinct from, conformity).

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following best describes conformity?
1. A) Resisting group pressure to maintain individuality.
2. B) Adjusting one's behavior or thinking to align with a group standard.
3. C) Expressing dissenting opinions within a group.
4. D) Ignoring the influence of others on one's actions.
2. What type of social influence leads individuals to conform because they desire to be liked and accepted?
1. A) Informational social influence.
2. B) Normative social influence.
3. C) Obedience to authority.
4. D) Cognitive dissonance.
3. In Asch's conformity experiments, participants were asked to judge the length of lines. What was the main finding of these experiments?
1. A) Individuals rarely conform to group pressure when the task is objective.
2. B) Individuals often conform to group pressure, even when the group's judgment is clearly incorrect.
3. C) Conformity only occurs when individuals are unsure of their own judgment.
4. D) There is no correlation between group pressure and individual judgment.
4. Which of the following is NOT a factor that increases conformity?
1. A) The group is unanimous.
2. B) The individual has made a prior public commitment.
3. C) The group is highly cohesive.
4. D) The individual's culture emphasizes collectivism.
5. What is the key difference between conformity and obedience?
1. A) Conformity involves following direct orders, while obedience involves adjusting to group norms.
2. B) Conformity involves adjusting to group norms, while obedience involves following direct orders.
3. C) Conformity is always negative, while obedience is always positive.
4. D) There is no difference between conformity and obedience.
6. Which cultural orientation is most likely to encourage conformity?
1. A) Individualism.
2. B) Collectivism.
3. C) Egalitarianism.
4. D) Capitalism.
7. Informational social influence is driven by:
1. A) A desire to be liked by others
2. B) A desire to be correct and accurate
3. C) A fear of punishment from authority figures
4. D) A need to assert independence