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Class 12 Psychology Chapter 7 Social Influence And Group Processes Quiz 7 (20 MCQs)

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1. You laugh because everyone else is laughing even if you don't understand the joke. This is an example of social influence called .....

Correct Answer: A) Conformity.

2. What did the electric shock experiment show?

Correct Answer: C) Most people will obey orders, even when it harms others.

3. What is a key characteristic that differentiates a group from a mere collection of people?

Correct Answer: B) Mutual interdependence.

4. What is the term for the tendency of a group to make irrational decisions due to a desire for harmony?

Correct Answer: C) Groupthink.

5. The following are examples of a primary group

Correct Answer: A) Family.

6. What is the advantage of working as a group?

Correct Answer: C) Elimination of dissenting opinions.

7. What is the primary role of a leader in a group setting?

Correct Answer: B) To facilitate communication.

8. Two or more people who interact and who influence one another.

Correct Answer: A) Groups.

9. Often the parents who control the information that reaches the family's children by using the parental control features available on TVs, computers and other communication devices. These statements best describe.

Correct Answer: C) GATEKEEPER.

10. Which of the following is a factor affecting reference group influence?I NormII StatusIII RolesIV Gender

Correct Answer: A) I. II AND III.

11. Social roles and social norms can have a strong influence on attitudes ..... relate to how people are expected to behave in a particular role or context.

Correct Answer: A) Social roles.

12. In Milgram's experiment, the teacher was

Correct Answer: A) The participant.

13. The Authoritarian Personality develops because a child:

Correct Answer: C) Experiences feelings of hostility towards his or her parents that cannot be expressed directly.

14. Bond & Smith did a study that calculated the average effects of 133 different studies on conformity and cultural values. This style of study is called a

Correct Answer: C) Meta-Analysis.

15. ..... is a socially defined expectations that individuals in a given situation are expected to fulfill.

Correct Answer: B) Role.

16. What did the addition of one person expressing doubt result in?

Correct Answer: B) A decrease in the cognitive benefits of group wisdom.

17. Which of the following statement best describes compliance?

Correct Answer: C) Publicly agreeing with the majority but privately disagreeing.

18. Which is the best example of a person with legal-rational authority?

Correct Answer: A) Jim Kenney, Mayor of Philadelphia.

19. Acting in a way that is consistent with social norms

Correct Answer: A) Conformity.

20. Cynthia has a strong dislike for everyone in a neighboring town. This can be explained as

Correct Answer: B) Prejudice, because she has a generalized negative feeling toward them.

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