Social Psychology Trivia: Why We Follow the Crowd

In Stanley Milgram's 1960s experiments, what did participants do when an authority figure ordered them to continue?

• They refused immediately
• Many kept administering what they believed were electric shocks to a stranger
• They attacked the experimenter
• They fell asleep

What is the bystander effect?

• People help more in crowds
• The more witnesses present, the less likely each one is to help
• Bystanders never notice accidents
• Helping only happens at home

What is cognitive dissonance, per Leon Festinger?

• Mental noise caused by loud music
• Forgetting a song stuck in your head
• The discomfort of holding conflicting beliefs or actions, which pushes us to change one
• The ability to multitask