Social Influence Reading Questions

1. What do experiments on conformity and obedience reveal about the power of social influence?

2. What is conformity?

3. Describe a time when you conformed.

4. Summaries the Solomon Asch study on conformity?

5. When are we most likely to conform according to experiments?

6. Summaries Stanley Milgram’s obedience experiment.

7. Explain the results of Milgram’s experiment.

8. What surprises you most about the Milgram study?

9. Do you think that the Milgram study would have the same results today? Explain your response.