Obedience to authority

Name:

1.	What percentage of participants delivered the maximum shocks in Milgram's baseline study?
[a]	50%
[b]	55%
[c]	60%
[d]	65%

2.	In which of the following conditions did obedience increase?
[a]	In a run - down office
[b]	When another teacher delivered the shocks
[c]	When a second teacher was present
[d]	When the teacher had to put the learner's hand on the shock plate

3.	What is the 'obedience alibi'?
[a]	Offering an excuse for leaving a study
[b]	Offering am excuse for why you don't want to take part in the study
[c]	Offering an excuse for 'evil' behaviour in terms of simply obeying orders
[d]	All of above

4.	Internal validity refers to the extent to which
[a]	An experiment shows the relationship between the IV and DV
[b]	An experiment is well controlled
[c]	A question produces a true picture of what people do and think
[d]	All of the above

5.	External validity is
[a]	The same as ecological validity
[b]	A form of experimental validity
[c]	A form of internal validity
[d]	All of the above

6.	Which of the following are factors that increase resistance to authority
[a]	Social support
[b]	A sense of personal responsibility
[c]	High self - esteem
[d]	All of the above

7.	In the study by Zimbardo et al. ethical objections were raised because the participants
[a]	Did not provide consent
[b]	Were arrested at home
[c]	Were deindividuated
[d]	Did not have the right to withdraw

8.	A histogram differs from a bar chart because
[a]	A histogram has a true zero and a continous scale
[b]	A histogram does not have a true zero but has a continous scale
[c]	A histogram shows frequencies
[d]	A histogram has more information

9.	In a field experiment
[a]	The experimenter manipulates the independent variable
[b]	Does not directly manipulate the independent variable
[c]	There is no independent variable
[d]	Manipulates both the independent variable and dependent variable

10.	'Reliability' describes the extent to which something is
[a]	Relevant
[b]	Consistent
[c]	Certain
[d]	True

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