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6. What did Asch find out about unanimity vs social support?

  • if the naive participant had an ally, he would more likely conform to the majority. This led to a fall in conformity by a 1/4 of the original level.
  • if the naive participant had an ally, he would more likely conform to the majority. This led to a fall in conformity by a 1/4 of the original level.
  • if the naive participant had an ally, he would more likely to resist the majority. This led to a fall in conformity by a 1/4 of the original level.
  • if the naive participant had an ally, he would more likely to resist the majority. This led to a fall in conformity by half of the original level.

7. Definition of Normative Social Influence (NSI)

  • when we publicly and privately disagree
  • when we publicly and privately agree
  • When we publicly agree, but privately disagree
  • when we publicly disagree, but privately agree

8. definition of Compliance

  • publicly respect the following attitudes of the group, but may still disagree with some aspects of the groups behaviour
  • When we comply with someones request
  • we publicly and privately agree

9. what did asch find out about task difficulty?

  • Asch made the difference between the lines less obvious in one variation and found that as task difficulty decreased, so did conformity.
  • Asch made the difference between the lines more obvious in one variation and found that as task difficulty decreased, so did conformity.
  • Asch made the difference between the lines less obvious in one variation and found that as task difficulty increased, so did conformity.
  • Asch made the difference between the lines more obvious in one variation and found that as task difficulty increased, so did conformity.

10. What was the Aim of Asch's line study?

  • to measure the strength of conformity when using an unambiguous task.
  • to assess how strongly an individual conforms to their role
  • to assess if people conform to the minority who obviously gave the correct answer.
  • to assess if people conform to the majority who obviously gave the correct answer.

11. in Asch's experiment, What percentage of naive participants conformed to the wrong answer, when alone with the confederates?

  • 30%
  • 1%
  • 36.8%
  • 25%

12. what type of sampling method was used in the stranford prison experiment?

  • systematic sampling (19 male volunteer college students)
  • random allocated (21 male volunteer college students)
  • opportunity sampling (19 male volunteer college students)
  • stratified sampling (21 male volunteer college students)

13. Definition of Identification

  • when we publicly and privately agree.
  • we value and respect the attitudes and behaviours of the group; but we may still disagree with some aspects of the groups behaviour in private.
  • when we comply with someones request

14. In Asch's experiment, he found that there needs to be at least ...... confederates in order to get participants to conform.

  • 4-9
  • 3
  • 1
  • 10-15

15. definition of Internalisation

  • when you truly take on the beliefs and attitudes of a group, they then become your own beliefs.
  • when someone requests us to do something, we do it!
  • sometimes identify with the group, but we ,may still disagree with some aspects of the group.

16. what was zimbardo's aim, in the stanford prison study,?

  • how an individual resists to their role (prisoner or prison guard)
  • to assess how strongly an individual conforms to their role (prisoner or prison guard)
  • to asses how an individual obeys to their role (prisoner or prison guard)

17. What did Asch find out about group size?

  • he found that a majority of 4-9 was enough to create conformity. so, as the majority group size increases, the rate of conformity decreases.
  • he found that a majority of 3 was enough to create conformity. so, as the majority group size increases, so does the rate of conformity. however, after a certain point, there was little to no difference.
  • he found that a majority of 3 was enough to create conformity. so, as the majority group size increases, the rate of conformity decreases.
  • he found that a majority of 4-9 was enough to create conformity. so, as the majority group size increases, so does the rate of conformity. however, after a certain point, there was little to no difference.