Chapter 12 Social Psychology – Flashcards

_____ refers to a change in behavior or attitudes brought about by a desire to follow the beliefs or standards of other people.

Social psychologist Leon Festinger is associated with the study of:

Approximately _____ of the participants in Milgram's experiment were willing to deliver the maximum shock level to the participant.

Milgram's participants were told that the study concerned:

Which of the following is true of people's tendency to help someone in an emergency?

The influential "prison" study of the power of social roles was conducted by:

The likelihood that an individual will help someone in an emergency situation is _____ correlated with the number of other people present.

In Asch's study on conformity, what percentage of the subjects conformed at least once when they knew their answer to be false?

A magazine publisher asks you to commit to a brief trial subscription. Having committed to the trial subscription, you may be more likely to buy a full year-long subscription. This exemplifies the ___________ compliance technique.

Which of the following was a significant finding in studies conducted by Asch on conformity?