In the now famous Milgram Obedience Studies, the results demonstrated that
a. people will not conform when they believe their behavior will harm another person.
b. women are less likely to engage in behavior that is potentially harmful for others than men are.
c. there is a significant difference between what people believe they will do and how they actually behave.
d. people only conform up to a certain point, but will not violate moral or ethical standards.
Question 2A bank president may sit on the Board of Trustees for a university, or a CEO in business may also serve as a government representative to important committees. From a sociological perspective this creates _____.
a. representational democracy
b. pluralism
c. grass roots politics
d. an interlocking directorate
Question 3The results of Solomon Asch's classic study of conformity were that
a. test subjects required a great deal of harassment before they would succumb to group pressure and give an incorrect answer.
b. individuals are likely to conform to group pressure, even if the group is objectively incorrect.
c. the size of the group of confederates does not make any difference in the likelihood of the subject to give an incorrect response.
d. male subjects were more likely to conform than female subjects.
Question 4Some people believe that the government is run by the wealthy and serves the needs of the wealthy. This would be an example of which model of power?
a. Pluralist
b. Power elite
c. Autonomous state
d. Feminist theory
Question 5In his classic study of perception and group pressure, Asch found that
a. even rather gentle pressure was sufficient to cause an astonishing rise in the number of wrong answers.
b. most people would not bend to the opinions of others without a great deal of anger and argument.
c. the majority of people make up their minds for themselves and stick to those opinions.
d. there is no real pressure to conform in most situations.
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