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6. Who found that participants in an Asch-like study showed greatly raised levels of automatic arousal (linked to stress)?

  • Spiers et al (2001)
  • Gamson et al (1982)
  • Bogdonoff et al (1961)
  • Moscovici (1969)

7. How many participants conformed at least once?

  • 75%
  • 39%
  • 66%
  • 87%

8. In how many trials did the confederates give incorrect answers?

  • 14/17
  • 8/15
  • 12/18
  • 10/20

9. How many participants never conformed at all?

  • 46%
  • 25%
  • 30%
  • 10%

10. Where would the participant sit in the row of confederates?

  • Last
  • Last or second to last
  • In the middle of the line
  • At the beginning of the line

11. (Fill in the blanks) (a)_____ ___ _____ did a meta analysis of (b)___ studies and found that women are more conformist than men. This suggests that Asch's study is guilty of (c)____ ____.

  • (a)Eagly and Carli / (b)145 / (c)beta bias
  • (a)Jock and Baker / (b)513 / (c)gender bias
  • (a)Smith and Shultz / (b)345 / (c)gender bias
  • (a)Finn and Darker / (b)123 / (c)sexism

12. How many confederates were there in each condition in the original study?

  • There were 5 confederates in each condition
  • Between 4 and 10
  • Between 6 and 8
  • Between 6 and 12

13. What was the aim of Asch's main study?

  • To investigate the effect a majority would have on the answers of an unambigious task
  • The effect that task difficulty would have on the conformity of participants
  • The effect that location would have on the conformity of participants
  • To investigate the effect a minority would have on the answers on an ambiguos task