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Question 1
Describe the role of conformity in group behaviour, using one relevant example.
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Question 2
Describe one acculturation strategy and its effect on human behaviour, with reference to one example.
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Question 3
Describe how one compliance technique can change group behaviour, giving one relevant example.
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Question 4
Using one example, explain how one cultural dimension can help us understand group behaviour.
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Question 5
Explain how social learning theory accounts for the acquisition of group behaviour. Illustrate your answer with one example.
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Question 6
With reference to one example, explain how social identity theory accounts for preferential treatment of one's own group.
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Question 7
Context: Human relationships
A residents' association needs more members to help organize its annual street celebration. Many residents support the celebration, but few agree when asked to spend an afternoon preparing the venue. The organizers want to change how they present their requests while leaving residents free to refuse.
Suggest how one compliance technique could be applied to increase residents' participation.
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Question 8
Context: Human relationships
An amateur orchestra divides its musicians into two ensembles for performances. Over time, musicians begin referring to their ensemble as “our side” and comparing its achievements with those of the other ensemble. When choosing musicians for a prestigious concert, selectors favour members of their own ensemble even when other musicians have similar experience.
Apply social identity theory to account for the selectors' behaviour.
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Question 9
Context: Human relationships
Members of a recreational cycling club discuss whether to change their regular meeting time. Every established member publicly supports the change, and several newcomers then agree. Afterwards, one newcomer says privately that the new time is inconvenient but that disagreeing might make it harder to belong; another says that experienced members probably know what works best for the club.
Explain how conformity can account for the newcomers' agreement.
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Question 10
Context: Human relationships
Members of an international arts association are planning an exhibition. Some want each artist to choose their own display and receive separate recognition, while others want a coordinated display with recognition given to the association as a whole. Members on both sides say that their preferences reflect values encouraged in the communities where they grew up.
Apply your knowledge of one cultural dimension to account for these different preferences.
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Question 11
Context: Human relationships
After moving to a new region, Lina continues attending her heritage community's celebrations and also joins a local walking club. Her brother maintains the same celebrations but spends almost all his social time within the heritage community. Both have been welcomed by the walking club, yet they differ in the friendships and sources of support they develop.
Explain how different acculturation strategies may influence Lina's and her brother's social behaviour.
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Question 12
Context: Human relationships
In an adult choir, several long-standing members make jokes when someone sings a wrong note, and others laugh. New members have begun making similar jokes, while some singers now avoid asking for help. The choir director wants members to respond to mistakes with practical support rather than ridicule.
Suggest how social learning theory could be applied to change the choir members' behaviour.
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Question 13
In the context of human relationships, examine how different acculturation strategies influence change in human behaviour.
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Question 14
Discuss the role of responsibility in applying one or more compliance techniques to change group behaviour in human relationships.
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Question 15
Evaluate the role of measurement in understanding how conformity influences group behaviour in human relationships.
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Question 16
With reference to human relationships, to what extent does bias limit the usefulness of one or more cultural dimensions in understanding group behaviour?
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Question 17
One claim in the psychology of human relationships is that a social learning perspective explains both the persistence of group behaviour and how it can be changed. Discuss this claim with reference to social learning theory.
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Question 18
In the context of human relationships, evaluate the application of social identity theory to change group behaviour, with reference to causality.
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