Which Factor That Influences Conformity Occurs When We Resist Social

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which factor that influences conformity occurs when we resist social influence in order to feel we are in control of our actions?

• A) Desire for personal control
• B) Social support
• C) Group cohesiveness
• D) Group segregation

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Definitions:

Demand Characteristics

Psychological experiment artifacts where participants form an interpretation of the study's purpose and unconsciously change their behavior to fit that interpretation.

Experimental Conditions

The controlled environments or set of procedures in scientific research designed to test hypotheses under standardized settings.

Randomly Assigned

A research method where study participants are allocated to different groups on a chance basis, ensuring that each participant has an equal opportunity to be assigned to any given group.

Memory Encoding

The process by which perceived information is transformed and stored in the brain as memory, making it retrievable for future use.