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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?
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?
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