Which of the Following Is an Example of Conformity

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an example of conformity?

• A)A soldier shoots enemy women and children on orders from his commanding officer.
• B)A policeman beats a prisoner to force a confession on orders of his commanding officer.
• C)Passengers move to the back of the bus as soon as the driver tells them to.
• D)Stan has thrown away all of his old ties and bought new ones to "be in style."

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Definitions:

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.

Placebo Effect

A phenomenon where an improvement in health or wellbeing is observed after receiving a treatment that has no therapeutic value, due to the individual's belief in its efficacy.

Illusory Correlation

refers to the cognitive bias where a relationship between two variables is perceived to exist when no such relationship actually exists.

Double-Blind Procedure

A experimental setup in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, preventing bias in the results.