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41) According to Asch and others, all of the following are social factors that influence conformity except a. status of the group. b. unanimity of the group. c. difference in the wrong answer. d. size of the majority. 42) Based on research on differences in conformity, which of the following individuals would you most expect to conform to a group? a. Patrick, an American male b. Masami, a Japanese female c. Beth, an American female d. Marcel, a Japanese male 43) Brain studies on conformity find increased activity in what part of the brain while conforming? a. Hippocampus b. Amygdala c. Thalamus d. Hypothalamus 44) ________________ is the tendency of people to engage in atypical behaviour when stripped of their usual identities. a. Autokinesis b. Deindividuation c. Groupthink d. Conformity 45) George is at a pub watching the Stanley Cup final game. When his local team wins, everyone in the bar starts cheering and running around outside of the bar. People begin to smash windows of cars and business and some people begin to loot stores. George gets “caught up” in this and joins in the rioting behaviour. What concept is depicted in this example? a. Groupthink b. Conformity c. Deindividuation d. Obedience 46) All of the following statements about deindividuation are true except a. Deindividuation makes us more likely to conform to whatever norms are present in the situation. b. Deindividuation makes people more likely to engage in helping behaviour when others are helping out. c. Deindividuation typically makes us behave badly. d. Deindividuation makes us perform more like a member of a group. 47) One criticism of Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment is that participants may have experienced ___________________ to behave according to their assigned roles as prisoners or guards. a. deindividuation b. demand characteristics c. confirmation bias d. obedience 48) Zimbardo concluded from his Stanford prison study that prisoners and guards adopted their designated roles more easily than anyone might have imagined because of a. conformity. b. obedience. c. influence. d. deindividuation. 49) Which of the following provides a “real world” example of the power of social influence and deindividuation? a. The Walkerton water scandal b. The Bay of Pigs invasion c. Abu Ghraib prison abuse d. Heaven’s Gate mass suicide 50) A large crowd that stampedes to get into a store for a massive Boxing Day Sale would be an example of a. conformity. b. obedience. c. influence. d. deindividuation.