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WJEC as-level psychology core study revision of Asch

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Question 1 of 16

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What was the setting of Asch's research?

Select one of the following:

  • Lab setting

  • Field setting

  • Natural setting

Explanation

Question 2 of 16

1

This environment enhances the chance that participants will display demand characteristics, therefore making the results less valid

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 16

1

What measures did Asch take to combat these demand characteristics?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Real participant was always second to last.

  • Confederates were instructed to give some correct answers.

  • Participants who became suspicious were excluded.

  • Confederates only gave the wrong answers

Explanation

Question 4 of 16

1

Why is Asch's study criticised for lacking ecological validity?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Because the sample was not representative.

  • The participants took part in a study where the task had little consequence for getting it wrong.

  • The participants had to answer out loud.

  • The real participants did not know the other participants.

Explanation

Question 5 of 16

1

Larsen (1974) repeated Asch's experiment and found that conformity was much higher.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 6 of 16

1

Perrin and Spencer (1980) found that out of 396 trials, only how many participants conformed?

Select one of the following:

  • 7

  • 1

  • 384

  • 200

Explanation

Question 7 of 16

1

The reason for this inconsistency is due to the fact that Asch conducted his research in the 1950's in a time of lowered conformity.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 16

1

Why was the sample unrepresentative?

Select one or more of the following:

  • It was androcentric

  • It was endocentric

  • It was self-selected

  • It was generalisabile

Explanation

Question 9 of 16

1

What were the ethical issues of the research?

Select one of the following:

  • Deception and psychological harm.

  • Informed consent and privacy.

  • There were no ethical issues.

Explanation

Question 10 of 16

1

To support this, Bogdonoff et al (1961) found that participants in an Asch like task demonstrated hight arousal (e.g. high blood pressure), indicating anxiety.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 16

1

Who replicated Asch's study in the UK in the late 1970's and found that only one student conformed in 396 trails.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Doms and Avermet (1981)

  • Perrin and Spencer (1980)

  • Smith and Bond (1988)

Explanation

Question 12 of 16

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Doms and Avermet (1981) believed that Asch's results may be more realistic than those of Perrin and Spencer (1980) because...

Select one of the following:

  • science students would be more confident in their ability to estimate the line length.

  • art students would be more confident in their ability to estimate the line length.

  • they believed that Perrin and Spencer had more realistic results.

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Question 13 of 16

1

Smith and Bond (1988) conducted a ........ and compared findings within individualist vs. collectivist societies.

Select one of the following:

  • meta-analysis

  • correlational research

  • archival research

Explanation

Question 14 of 16

1

This finding develops Asch's research.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 15 of 16

1

Who found that individuals with a high internal locus of control were less conformist than those with a low internal locus of control?

Select one of the following:

  • Nicholson et al (1985)

  • Lalancette and Standing (1990)

  • Burger and Cooper (1979)

Explanation

Question 16 of 16

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Does this support, develop or limit Asch's study?

Select one of the following:

  • Support.

  • Develop.

  • Limit.

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