The study in which factors affecting conformity were manipulated
Asch
1 of 20
The factor manipulated when the real P was given the support of either another real P or a confederate who gave the right answer.
Unanimity
2 of 20
What did the percentage of wrong answers given by the participant drop to after another person gave the correct answer?
five
3 of 20
The term for the confederate who gave an answer that was both different from the majority and the true answer, causing conformity rates to drop to 9%
Dissenter
4 of 20
Which study suggested that the characteristics of the supporter were also important, e.g one wearing glasses with thick lenses vs one with normal vision
Allen & Levine
5 of 20
An ally is helpful in resisting conformity, but more so if they are perceived as offering ____?
valid social support
6 of 20
which study found that educational attainment, race and sex all affect an individuals influence within a group?
Melamed & Savage
7 of 20
The factor investigated when engineers were brought in to take part in Asch's task
Difficult of Task
8 of 20
Which study demonstrated that that if the task is familiar, conformity is less likely?
Perrin & Spencer
9 of 20
Which study had students answer easy and hard maths problems and found that there was more conformity with hard problems?
Lucas
10 of 20
Baron et al predicted that P's would pay most attention when the task was difficult & _______ ?
important
11 of 20
The factor manipulated when Asch changed the number of confederates
Group Size
12 of 20
Conformity was ___ with one confederate
low
13 of 20
with three confederates, conformity climbed to _______ %
thirty three
14 of 20
after ___ confederates, the number did not affect conformity much more
three
15 of 20
Which study suggested that majority size had not been fully manipulated as no studies other than Asch used a majority size greater than 9
Bond
16 of 20
Bond suggested we have little _______ about the effect of larger majority sizes on levels of conformity.
understanding
17 of 20
Which study suggested that normative and information mechanisms will have different importance for different tasks?
Campbell & Fairey
18 of 20
when there is no objectively correct answer (e.g musical preferences) the larger the majority, the more likely they are to be swayed by ________ influence.
normative
19 of 20
when there is a correct response (e.g. mathematical problem), individual is more concerned about being correct, the larger the majority, the more an individual is likely to be swayed by ________ influence.
informational
20 of 20
Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
The factor manipulated when the real P was given the support of either another real P or a confederate who gave the right answer.
Back
Unanimity
Card 3
Front
What did the percentage of wrong answers given by the participant drop to after another person gave the correct answer?
Back
Card 4
Front
The term for the confederate who gave an answer that was both different from the majority and the true answer, causing conformity rates to drop to 9%
Back
Card 5
Front
Which study suggested that the characteristics of the supporter were also important, e.g one wearing glasses with thick lenses vs one with normal vision
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