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Conformity 1: Asch

Quiz by Jen Curran

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26 questions
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  • Q1

    Giving in to indirect group pressure is called...

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    60s
  • Q2

    Conformity is following direct orders

    false
    true
    True or False
    60s
  • Q3

    A confederate is a 'pretend' participants who is employed by the researchers to take part in the study

    true
    false
    True or False
    30s
  • Q4

    The experimental condition in Asch's study was also referred to as a 'critical trial' 

    true
    false
    True or False
    30s
  • Q5

    How many participants did Asch use in his original research study?

    60

    123

    160

    12

    60s
  • Q6

    A repeated measures design was used. Each participant had to complete 18 trials. How many of them were 'critical' trials?

    18

    10

    12

    16

    60s
  • Q7

    Approximately what % of participants conformed in Asch's original study?

    35%

    10%

    53%

    100%

    60s
  • Q8

    What % of participants conformed at least once in Asch's original research study?

    32%

    75%

    10%

    100%

    60s
  • Q9

    The participants in Asch’s research conformed even though the group were obviously giving the wrong answer. Asch said this could be because they want to be liked and accepted by the group. What did he call this?

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  • Q10

    The participants in Asch's research conformed even though the group were obviously giving the wrong answer. Asch said this could be because they don’t know what to do but want to be correct. What did he call this?

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    60s
  • Q11

    Normative social influence is an explanation of conformity that states that people conform because they want to be right

    false
    true
    True or False
    60s
  • Q12

    Informational social influence is an explanation of conformity that states that we change our behaviour because we want to fit in with the crowd

    false
    true
    True or False
    30s
  • Q13

    A strength of Asch's line study is that it was carried out under lab conditions. This is a strength because...

    .. all extraneous variables are controlled and this gives the study high internal validity

    .. the situation is highly controlled and this means that behaviours tend to be artificial

    60s
  • Q14

    One strength of Asch's line study is that...

    .. it uses standardised procedures that are replicable

    .. it has high external validity

    .. it uses artificial materials that are easy to use

    .. it is representative of every day examples of conformity

    60s
  • Q15

    One weakness of Asch's research is that..

    .. the research has poor internal validity because of poor control over extraneous variables

    .. the same standardised procedure was followed on each trial

    .. the participants were all given the same standardised instructions 

    .. the task is artificial and does not represent situations we would find ourselves in in real life

    60s

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