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- 1. Multiple Choice
Asch was interested in ................................. influence
majority
minority
informational
group
- 2. Multiple Choice
He wanted to determine whether majority influence would occur even when the task was...
unambiguous
unanimous
unilateral
ubiquitous
- 3. Multiple Choice
Sherif had previously demonstrated group influence in a task known as the
autokinetic effect
automotive effect
automatic processing
automobile accident
- 4. Multiple Choice
Conformity in Sherif's study was an example of
informational influence
normative influence
- 5. Multiple Choice
In 1956, Asch replicated his baseline study and altered aspects such as the group size, unanimity and task difficulty. The research method was...
lab experiment
field experiment
observation
correlation
- 6. Multiple Choice
Asch's DV was
the number of confederates present
the number of lines of the card
the difficulty of the task
the number of conforming responses
- 7. Multiple Choice
In 1951, Asch's participants were...
25 male Australian students
50 male American students
100 male American students
50 male Australian students
- 8. Multiple Choice
The confederate and the participant sat round a table looking at the screen where they were shown the pictures of the lines
first seat
penultimate seat
last seat
- 9. Multiple Choice
The confederates had been instructed to unanimously give the wrong answer on ............. critical trials; on .................. neutral trials the right answer was given.
12, 6
6, 12
18, 6
6, 18
- 10. Multiple Choice
In the control condition where there were no confederates, the participants made errors on less than ................. of the trials
1%
5%
10%
15%
- 11. Multiple Choice
In 1951, the overall conformity rate was:
22%
32%
42%
52%
- 12. Multiple Choice
Conformed at least once.
54%
64%
74%
84%
- 13. Multiple Choice
Conformed on all 12 trials
no one
2%
12%
22%
- 14. Multiple Choice
Conformed on 11/12 trials.
1 person
2 people
3 people
4 people
- 15. Multiple Choice
Did not conform on any of the critical trials.
6%
16%
26%
36%
- 16. Multiple Choice
Asch did not collect any qualitative data
true
false
- 17. Multiple Choice
Participants were asked about why they conformed and in the main said they did not want to stand out from the group and were doubtful about their answers. Which of the following was not a reason given for conforming?
to avoid being ridiculed
thought they must have eye strain
wanted to spoil the experiment
- 18. Multiple Choice
When the group were no longer unanimous the conformity rate dropped to
5%
10%
15%
20%
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