This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Psychology > Class 12 Psychology Chapter 7 Social Influence And Group Processes – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Psychology Chapter 7 Social Influence And Group Processes Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Consumers are swayed more by negative word of mouth than by positive comments. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Which of the following is a type of conformity? A) Unanimity. B) Obedience. C) Normative social influence. D) Internalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Internalisation. 3. What self report technique did Milgram and Elms use? A) Content Analysis. B) Interviews. C) Observation. D) Questionnaires. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interviews. 4. Participants in Piliavin et al.'s study were less likely to help when there were fewer people around. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 5. When there is an agreement in the group people are more likely to conform. What is this the definition of? A) Size of the majority. B) Task difficulty / ambiguity. C) Unanimity of the majority. D) Locus of control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unanimity of the majority. 6. ..... groups are basically ones whose members are closely knit. Family and relatives fall in this group. A) SECONDARY. B) ELEMENTARY. C) PRIMARY. D) FAMILY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) PRIMARY. 7. A goal that requires cooperation of two (or more) groups in order to achieve A) Positive Interdependence. B) Functional Goal. C) Superordinate Goal. D) Negative Interdependence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Superordinate Goal. 8. Which is not believed to influence our perceptual set A) Genes. B) Emotion. C) Culture. D) Motivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genes. 9. What is the primary difference between ingroups and outgroups? A) Ingroups are perceived positively, while outgroups are not. B) Ingroups are larger than outgroups. C) Outgroups have more members. D) Ingroups are always formal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ingroups are perceived positively, while outgroups are not. 10. Sophie tells Nick about a great new restaurant. Sophie is practicing ..... A) Viral advertising. B) Word-of-mouth communication. C) Social advertising. D) Group advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word-of-mouth communication. 11. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not only going to reduce this by 10%, the price is reduced for you by a whopping 50%! A) Foot in the door technique. B) Door in the face technique. C) That's not all technique. D) Low balling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That's not all technique. 12. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS A TACTICS THAT CHILDREN TYPICALLY USE ON FAMILY DECISION MAKING.I PRESSUREII EXCHANGEIII RATIONALIV CONSULTATION A) I, II AND III. B) I, II AND IV. C) II, III AND IV. D) I, II, III AND IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I, II, III AND IV. 13. A group Korean university friends were walking in a park in California when they saw a local collapse suddenly? What is likely to happen? A) One of the friends may offer a hand. B) None will intervene. C) All of them would run towards the local. D) Diffusion of responsibility may take place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) None will intervene. 14. What was the intervention in the experiment? A) Analyzing the cognitive benefits of group wisdom. B) Recording the reactions of the test subject. C) Asking the teenagers to answer a simple question. D) Instructing the confederates to give the wrong answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recording the reactions of the test subject. 15. What is the difference between members of an in-group and an out-group? A) Members of thein-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group. B) Members of thein-group are constantly seeking to join the members of the out-group. C) Members of thein-group rely on members of the out-group for leadership. D) Members of thein-group set the agenda that members of the out-group must follow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Members of thein-group identify with each other, but not with members of the out-group. 16. What is the main lesson from the experiment? A) The power of one person to influence a group. B) The importance of conformity in decision-making. C) The benefits of being a pushover. D) The limitations of social influence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The importance of conformity in decision-making. 17. The tendency for people to exert less effort when they are working within a group rather than when they are working alone. A) Social Facilitation. B) Social Loafing. C) Social Comparison. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social Loafing. 18. In formal organizations, power is recognized as A) Leadership. B) Authority. C) Social influence. D) Peer pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Authority. 19. Lastly, what can we conclude about the term social influence? A) It refers to following the norms and values of the society. B) It refers to changing our attitudes/behaviour for the society. C) It refers to morality. D) It refers to the lack of influence that others have on us. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It refers to changing our attitudes/behaviour for the society. 20. The reaction of the American public to the invasion of Iraq reveals a startling ambivalence to war in contemporary times. Ambivalence means A) Having a positive attitude. B) Having a negative attitude. C) Being apathetic. D) Disharmony of positive & negative feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disharmony of positive & negative feelings. 21. Which of the following is not a guideline for ethical human research in Psychology? A) Informed consent. B) Protection from harm and discomfort. C) Confidentiality. D) Debrief. E) Clean housing. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Clean housing. 22. Milgram wanted to answer the question: A) Why such a high proportion of the German population obeyed Hitler's commands. B) Why Americans are different to Germans. C) Why the Holocaust happened. D) Why Germans lived in the USA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why such a high proportion of the German population obeyed Hitler's commands. 23. Sheridan and King (1972) demonstrated ..... A) Support for Milgram's findings because participants gave shocks to another person. B) Support for Milgram's findings because participants picked up litter when the policeman asked. C) Support for Milgram's findings because participants gave shocks to a puppy. D) Support for Milgram's findings because participants did not give shocks to a puppy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support for Milgram's findings because participants gave shocks to a puppy. 24. When a cyclist rides their bicycle faster with a other cyclists than when riding alone. This is an example of? A) Social Fcilitation. B) Social Loafing. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Fcilitation. 25. A widely accepted way to act, think or behave A) Normative Social Influence. B) Conformity. C) Social Norm. D) Cultural Dimension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social Norm. 26. Someone asks you to buy their girl scout cookies and you agree A) This demonstrates obedience. B) This demonstrates conformity. C) This demonstrates compliance. D) This demonstrates cognitive dissonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This demonstrates compliance. 27. Ash's line test showed ..... A) People are less likely to conform if they are NOT alone. B) People are willing to be wrong if they are pressured by the group. C) People are less likely to conform if they can hide their actions. D) All are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are correct. 28. Meagan is planning her wedding and wants everything to be just right. Because she feels overwhelmed by all of the information to sort through and the choices to make, she hires a wedding planner to make many of the decisions and purchases for her. Meagan's wedding planner is best described as a(n) ..... A) Surrogate consumer. B) Key informant. C) Opinion seeker. D) Innovative communicator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surrogate consumer. 29. Which is true of depth cues? A) They are processes that occur during the sensation stages of visual processing. B) They are cells that respond to lines that move in a particular direction. C) They are responsible for the acuity of peripheral vision. D) They allow interpretation of two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They allow interpretation of two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images. 30. ..... stage refers to the family with one surviving spouse. (by death or divorce):senior housing or condominiums, single-serving products, convenience items. A) Parenthood. B) Bachelorhood. C) Post-Parenthood. D) Dissolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dissolution. 31. Which type of leadership is goal-oriented? A) Legal-rational. B) Instrumental. C) Charismatic. D) Expressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Instrumental. 32. Which of the following is types of consumer roles?I InfluencerII ErtigaIII PersonasIV Prosumers A) I, II AND III. B) I, II AND IV. C) I, III AND IV. D) I, II, III AND IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I, III AND IV. 33. What can a small dissent in a group provide? A) Silencing of dissenting opinions. B) Permission for others to express their concerns. C) Increased conformity to the majority opinion. D) A decrease in the cognitive benefits of group wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased conformity to the majority opinion. 34. The processing of information in a way that connects the information to existing schema A) Stereotypes. B) Rationalization. C) Generalizations. D) Schematic Processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Schematic Processing. 35. What is the purpose of the experiment described in the video? A) To prove that people are easily manipulated. B) To test the intelligence of teenagers. C) To demonstrate the power of social influence. D) To show the benefits of group decision-making. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To test the intelligence of teenagers. 36. Things that we are supposed to do are called A) Prescriptions. B) Roles. C) Proscriptions. D) Leadership styles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prescriptions. 37. When you follow what the majority are doing, this is known as? A) Obedience. B) Conformity. C) Deindividuation. D) Bystander Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conformity. 38. In Ash's original study, the real participant was always seated: A) Next-to-last. B) Last or next-to-last. C) 2nd. D) 1st. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last or next-to-last. 39. The new married couples are considered to be in a better financial position in the initial stage due to the absence of children. For example, major and minor appliances, nicer furniture, carpeting, dishes, travel (this group has an income 30% higher than the average household so substantial disposable income). These statements best describe. A) DISSOLUTION. B) POST-PARENTHOOD. C) HONEYMOONERS. D) PARENTHOOD. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) HONEYMOONERS. 40. Although children might have influenced the car's purchase, the parents are those with the power to decide which car to buy. These statements best describe. A) DISPOSERS. B) USERS. C) BUYERS. D) DECIDERS. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) DECIDERS. 41. What is the term for the process by which group members influence each other's attitudes and behaviors? A) Social comparison. B) Group polarization. C) Social facilitation. D) Group dynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Group dynamics. 42. Changing someone's attitudes and behavior about immigration is a demonstration of A) Obedience. B) Cognitive dissonance. C) Perusasion. D) Conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perusasion. 43. What term describes the phenomenon where individuals exert less effort when working in a group? A) Group polarization. B) Social facilitation. C) Social loafing. D) Groupthink. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Social loafing. 44. The tendency to overestimate disposition & underestimate the situation when analyzing the behavior of others is known as ..... A) Emotional Blends. B) Disposition. C) Fundamental Attribution Error. D) General Adaptation Syndrome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fundamental Attribution Error. 45. Which of the following concepts did Philip Zimbardo explore in the Stanford Prison Experiment? A) Role. B) Obedience. C) Conformity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Role. 46. Membership of a club is an example of ..... A) Outgroup. B) Primary group. C) Secondary Group. D) Large group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Secondary Group. 47. A set of socially relevant nodes connected by one or more relations is called a social ..... A) Group. B) Message. C) Graph. D) Network. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Network. 48. Which is NOT a formal institution? A) Discord chat. B) Bank. C) Hospital. D) School. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discord chat. 49. An older married couple with no children living at home. Children left home for studies or for employment. travel; second homes; investments; health-related goods and services. These statements best describe. A) POST-PARENTHOOD. B) DISSOLUTION. C) HONEYMOONERS. D) PARENTHOOD. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) POST-PARENTHOOD. 50. In a tug of war few members are not putting in effort due to which jeevaji House lost to Jayaji house in inter house Tug of war Competition . It is an example of ..... A) Group Think. B) Social loafing. C) Group Polarisation. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social loafing. 51. Milgram's research broke the ethical guidance. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 52. What term best describes an actor in an experiment who is working for the researcher? A) Participant. B) Subject. C) Learner. D) Confederate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confederate. 53. Which of the following concepts did Stanley Milgram explore in the Milgram Shock Experiment? A) Role. B) Obedience. C) Conformity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obedience. 54. What is one way to reduce social loafing in groups? A) Limit group discussions. B) Make individual contributions identifiable. C) Increase group size. D) Encourage competition among members. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make individual contributions identifiable. 55. Which is the strongest type of conformity? A) Groupthink. B) Identification. C) Internalization. D) Compliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internalization. 56. When you feel that your view is validated by public. It is called ..... effect A) Primacy. B) Recency. C) Halo. D) Bandwagon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bandwagon. 57. Which of the following is true regarding the original experiments on obedience by Stanley Milgram? A) The participants were told that the shocks were not real. B) The participants were always told that since they were the ones delivering the shocks, they were responsible for the victim's welfare. C) The experimenter pressured participants to continue the experiment when the "victim" signalled distress. D) Strong shocks were actually given to the participant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The experimenter pressured participants to continue the experiment when the "victim" signalled distress. 58. Using two eyes for depth is called a A) Monocular cue. B) Binocular cue. C) Linear perspective. D) Connectedness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Binocular cue. 59. After watching a documentary about politics you actually change your stance on gun rights/control. This change in belief shows A) An ambivalent attitude. B) An indifferent attitude. C) Private conformity. D) Public conformity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Private conformity. 60. ..... group are general groups in which one associate them for keeping self-updated about certain aspects of their interest. Such groups do not insist on any types of memberships. This statement explains about. A) Non-membership. B) Aspirational. C) Membership. D) Informal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-membership. 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