AP PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Accepting others’ opinions about reality is to ____ as the desire to gain approval is to ____
A
deindividuation; social facilitation
B
social facilitation; deindividuation
C
informational social influence; normative social influence
D
normative social influence; informational social influence
E
ingroup bias; outgroup bias
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Expert-Verified Answer. Accepting others’ opinions about reality is to informational social influence as the desire to gain approval is to normative social influence.

Detailed explanation-2: -The theory of normative social behavior proposes that the influence of descriptive norms on behavior is modified by injunctive norms, perceived benefits, and group identity (Rimal and Real, 2005). The extent to which social exposure affects each of these variables is worthy of investigation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Informational Social Influence: Influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept others’ opinions about reality.

Detailed explanation-4: -Informational Social Influence is where a person conforms to gain knowledge, or because they believe that someone else is ‘right’.

Detailed explanation-5: -Informational Influence (AO1/AO3) An example of this is if someone was to go to a posh restaurant for the first time, they may be confronted with several forks and not know which one to use, so they might look to a near by person to see what fork to use first.

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