Social Influence and Conformity Quiz

Stanley Milgram conducted the Milgram experiment, investigating obedience to authority.

Conformity is the adjustment of behavior or thinking to align with a group standard.

In-group bias is the tendency to favor one's own group over other groups.

Social facilitation is the tendency to perform better on tasks in the presence of others.

Solomon Asch's Line Judgment Experiment demonstrated the power of conformity.

Larger group size increases the likelihood of conformity in social situations.

In Asch's experiment, 50% of participants conformed to the incorrect group answer at least once.

Deindividuation involves the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint in group situations with arousal and anonymity.

The two main routes to persuasion in the elaboration likelihood model are the central route and peripheral route.

Solomon Asch proposed the theory of informational social influence.

Social loafing is the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort in a group setting.

Group polarization is the strengthening of initial attitudes or beliefs through group discussion.

Groupthink occurs when group discussion leads to more extreme decisions than the group members' initial inclinations.

Informational social influence suggests that people conform for accuracy in uncertain situations.

Out-group homogeneity is the tendency to perceive out-group members as more similar to each other than in-group members.