Pregunta 1
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What are the two types of conformity?
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Normative (to avoid rejection) and Informational (when the correct behaviour is unknown in a situation)
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Nominal (to avoid rejection) and Informational ( when the correct behaviour is unknown in a situation)
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Nominal (to avoid rejection) and Interpretive (when the correct behaviour is unknown in a situation)
Pregunta 2
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Jenness (1932) asked participants to estimate how far a spot of light was moving, first individually and then in a group.
Pregunta 3
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Asch believed that Sherif (1935) and Jenness (1932) were limited because...
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They did not have a large enough sample.
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They only investigated conformity in an ambiguous situation.
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They were both from a time with different conformity levels.
Pregunta 4
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What are the aims of Asch's research?
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To investigate the effects of group pressure in an ambiguous situation.
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To investigate the effects of group pressure in an unambiguous situation.
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To investigate the effects of informational social influence.
Pregunta 5
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There were 123 participants in Asch's study.
Pregunta 6
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The participants were an opportunity sample from 4 different universities.
Pregunta 7
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The participants were...
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all male and American
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all women and American
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all women and British
Pregunta 8
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The participants were...
Pregunta 9
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Each trial involved one naive participant and how many confederates?
Pregunta 10
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Each group was presented with two cards- one with a standard line and the other with three comparison lines, one the same length as the one on the card, the other two substantially different.
Pregunta 11
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The confederates gave the wrong answer...
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12 of the 18 trials
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10 of the 20 trials
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5 of the 25 trials
Pregunta 12
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Which of the below were variations in the study...
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Replications were conducted with various group sizes from 1 to 15 members
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Using a truthful partner where one confederate gave correct answers.
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The effect of having a dissenter, some gave answers that disagreed with the majority and the participant.
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A partner who changes his mind- begins by giving correct responses and then joins the majority for the last 6 trials.
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A partner who leaves- gives correct responses for the first 6 trials and then leaves for an appointment.
Pregunta 13
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Participants were later debriefed and ...
Pregunta 14
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How many participants gave the wrong answer in the control trial?
Pregunta 15
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The participant's gave the wrong (conforming answer) 39% of the time
Pregunta 16
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Which of these are correct?
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25% of participants never gave a conforming answer
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50% conformed and 50% never did
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75% of participants conformed at least once
Pregunta 17
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Independent Participants felt confident in their judgement and felt obliged to say what they thought to be the right answer.
Pregunta 18
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Extremely compliant Participant's underestimated how many times they had conformed. They explained their compliance as...
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Them not wanting to spoil the results
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Them not wanting to upset the researcher
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Them feeling that they were "deficient" in comparison to the rest of the group and that they had to hide this.
Pregunta 19
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In the variation of size of the group, 1 confederate meant that the Participant swayed very little
Pregunta 20
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With a truthful partner, participants conformity was 1/2 of what it was in the baseline study.
Pregunta 21
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With a dissenting partner, the conformity of participants reduced to 1/3 of what it was in the baseline study.
Pregunta 22
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A partner who changed their mind had a large effect on the conformity of the participant.
Pregunta 23
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The participant reverted back to the majority when the partner leaves for a good reason.
Pregunta 24
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What were the conclusions of the study?
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Overall- there is a strong tendency to conform to the majority in a situation where the answer is clear.
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Overall- there is a weak tendency to conform to the majority in a situation where the answer is clear.
Pregunta 25
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The other conclusions were...
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That there must be a majority of at least three to have a strong effect.
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The presence of dissenters reduces the impact of the majority.
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The majority must be unanimous to exert strong conformity in participants.