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wjec psychology quiz for Asch for aims and context, procedures and findings and conclusions
Georgia Leech
Quiz by Georgia Leech, updated more than 1 year ago
Georgia Leech
Created by Georgia Leech over 9 years ago
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Question 1

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What are the two types of conformity?
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  • Normative (to avoid rejection) and Informational (when the correct behaviour is unknown in a situation)
  • Nominal (to avoid rejection) and Informational ( when the correct behaviour is unknown in a situation)
  • Nominal (to avoid rejection) and Interpretive (when the correct behaviour is unknown in a situation)

Question 2

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Jenness (1932) asked participants to estimate how far a spot of light was moving, first individually and then in a group.
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  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Asch believed that Sherif (1935) and Jenness (1932) were limited because...
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  • They did not have a large enough sample.
  • They only investigated conformity in an ambiguous situation.
  • They were both from a time with different conformity levels.

Question 4

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What are the aims of Asch's research?
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  • To investigate the effects of group pressure in an ambiguous situation.
  • To investigate the effects of group pressure in an unambiguous situation.
  • To investigate the effects of informational social influence.

Question 5

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There were 123 participants in Asch's study.
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  • True
  • False

Question 6

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The participants were an opportunity sample from 4 different universities.
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  • True
  • False

Question 7

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The participants were...
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  • all male and American
  • all women and American
  • all women and British

Question 8

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The participants were...
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  • told the true nature of the research.
  • deceived, believing that it was a test of visual perception.

Question 9

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Each trial involved one naive participant and how many confederates?
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  • 4-6
  • 5-7
  • 6-8

Question 10

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Each group was presented with two cards- one with a standard line and the other with three comparison lines, one the same length as the one on the card, the other two substantially different.
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  • True
  • False

Question 11

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The confederates gave the wrong answer...
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  • 12 of the 18 trials
  • 10 of the 20 trials
  • 5 of the 25 trials

Question 12

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Which of the below were variations in the study...
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  • Replications were conducted with various group sizes from 1 to 15 members
  • Using a truthful partner where one confederate gave correct answers.
  • The effect of having a dissenter, some gave answers that disagreed with the majority and the participant.
  • A partner who changes his mind- begins by giving correct responses and then joins the majority for the last 6 trials.
  • A partner who leaves- gives correct responses for the first 6 trials and then leaves for an appointment.

Question 13

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Participants were later debriefed and ...
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  • interviewed about their behaviour.
  • asked to give their opinions on the study.

Question 14

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How many participants gave the wrong answer in the control trial?
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  • 4%
  • 96%
  • 1%

Question 15

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The participant's gave the wrong (conforming answer) 39% of the time
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  • True
  • False

Question 16

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Which of these are correct?
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  • 25% of participants never gave a conforming answer
  • 50% conformed and 50% never did
  • 75% of participants conformed at least once

Question 17

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Independent Participants felt confident in their judgement and felt obliged to say what they thought to be the right answer.
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  • True
  • False

Question 18

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Extremely compliant Participant's underestimated how many times they had conformed. They explained their compliance as...
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  • Them not wanting to spoil the results
  • Them not wanting to upset the researcher
  • Them feeling that they were "deficient" in comparison to the rest of the group and that they had to hide this.

Question 19

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In the variation of size of the group, 1 confederate meant that the Participant swayed very little
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  • True
  • False

Question 20

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With a truthful partner, participants conformity was 1/2 of what it was in the baseline study.
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  • True
  • False

Question 21

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With a dissenting partner, the conformity of participants reduced to 1/3 of what it was in the baseline study.
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  • True
  • False

Question 22

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A partner who changed their mind had a large effect on the conformity of the participant.
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  • True
  • False

Question 23

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The participant reverted back to the majority when the partner leaves for a good reason.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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What were the conclusions of the study?
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  • Overall- there is a strong tendency to conform to the majority in a situation where the answer is clear.
  • Overall- there is a weak tendency to conform to the majority in a situation where the answer is clear.

Question 25

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The other conclusions were...
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  • That there must be a majority of at least three to have a strong effect.
  • The presence of dissenters reduces the impact of the majority.
  • The majority must be unanimous to exert strong conformity in participants.
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