Asch's study 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyAsch's studyAll LevelsAQA Created by: MandychenCreated on: 25-09-19 20:38 How many students from Swarthmore college were used? 123 Males 1 of 18 How many confederates were there in a room with each pps? 6-8 confederates 2 of 18 How many of critical trials were conducted? 12 / 18 were critical trials 3 of 18 What's the percentageof people that never conformed? 25% of people never conformed 4 of 18 What's the percentageof people that conformed in at least one trial? 75% conformed at least once 5 of 18 What was the avearge percentage of pps conforming ? 36.8 % was the average for the critical trials. 6 of 18 What was driven them to inform? Normative social influence as they said they want to fit in and not be ridiculed. 7 of 18 What was the study conducted in the 1980 by Remi&Spencer? They repeaated the Asch's study with engineering students. 8 of 18 How many conformed in Remi&Spencer's repeated study? Only 1 student conformed out of 396 trails - Suggests it lacks temporal validity 9 of 18 What is one argument for Remi&Spencer's finding? They were engineering students so it meant they were more confident with measuring lines so less of a conformist. 10 of 18 Is Asch's study conducted in an individualistic or collectivist culture? It is conducted in the USA which is mostly individualistic. 11 of 18 suggest how does conformity varias between different cultures. Smith et al found that collectivist cultures in Africa, Asia and south America had 37% whereas IC like UK had 25% conformity rate. 12 of 18 How does gender bias (beta bias) in Asch's study make it harder for generalisation? Further research suggests that women might be more conformting espeacially during the period of 1995 13 of 18 Why would some critise the study as artifical? -They were with a group of strangers which does nor resemble real life situations.-DC because they know they are in a study. - The task is trival 14 of 18 How does increasing the group size affect the results of conformity? It shows that the conformity rate reaches the highest (32%) with just 3 confederates but the rate dropped to 29% at 15. 15 of 18 Explain why increasing group size will change the rate. With just 3 cnfederates the majority pressure is formed, at 15 the pps are suspicious about the study. 16 of 18 How does animity change the rate of conformity? One of the confederate gave incorrect answer throughout and the rate dropped to 5% 17 of 18 How does increasing task difficulty increases the conformity rate? Making the situation more ambiguous increased conformity rate - Informational social influence 18 of 18
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