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6. Which of these was a weakness of the experiment?

  • There was no variation in the types of participants. They were all male students of a similar age
  • There were no proper facilities for the experiment to take place so it appeared very unprofessional
  • Not every group was shown the same set of lines
  • The questions were too easy

7. How were the participants sat during the trials?

  • In a random cluster in the centre of the room as this didn't affect the results of the experiment.
  • In a line with the naive participant being first so he could watch everyone else give there answers after him
  • In a line with the naive participant coming last or second to last
  • In a circle so that the naive participant could see everyone's faces

8. What happened during Asch's experiment when the answers were less obvious?

  • Conformity rates didn't change
  • Conformity rates were higher when the answers were less clear
  • Conformity rates were lower when the answers were less clear

9. What was the aim of the experiment?

  • To see how quickly to participants made friends with each other
  • To see how the participants conformed under social pressure from a majority
  • To see how the participants would react to being rejected by their peers
  • To test the participants vision

10. What year did the Asch experiment take place?

  • 1951
  • 1973
  • 1994
  • 1969

11. What happened to the rates of conformity when there was another member of the group that didn't conform to the majority's answer

  • Conformity rates dropped by a quarter
  • Conformity rates increased by 22%
  • The conformity rates stayed the same

12. How many naive participants were there in each group?

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

13. How was the control group tested in Ash's experiment?

  • They answered each question in private on a sheet of paper
  • There were no confederates only naive participants
  • The participants each gave their answers in a room on their own

14. How many participants were there?

  • 77 male students
  • 89 male students and 24 female students
  • 123 male students
  • 51 students including males and females

15. Who replicated Asch's experiment in 1980?

  • Solomon Asch himself
  • Philip Zimbardo
  • Perrin and Spencer
  • Stanley Milgram

16. Who conducted the original experiment?

  • Philip Zimbardo
  • Stanley Milgram
  • Solomon Asch
  • Perrin and Spencer

17. Why did the participants conform?

  • Because they wanted to fit into the group and because they thought the group was right and they were wrong
  • Because they were under pressure from the person reading the questions
  • They didn't conform and answered correctly every time

18. What does confederate mean?

  • A participant who agrees to take part in an illegal experiment
  • A person who is part of an experiment without their knowledge
  • An actor taking part in the experiment who pretends to be a subject but who works for the researcher
  • The person/people who physically organise the experiment and take care of legal issues

19. What happened during the replication of the experiment?

  • Only 1 conformed out of 396
  • None of the naive participants conformed
  • 29% of the naive participants conformed
  • Nearly all of the participants conformed to the majority

20. What were the variables in Asch's experiment?

  • All 3
  • Group size
  • Unanimity
  • Task difficultly