AS Psychology AQA Social influence

Question 1 of 10

1

What was the sample in Asch's Conformity study (1951)?

Select one of the following:

123 male undergraduates in the US
24 male college students in the US
40 male volunteers aged 20-40
22 female nurses

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Question 2 of 10

1

What was the percentage conformity of participants in Asch's study?

Select one of the following:

63%
40%
37%
25%

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Question 3 of 10

1

When the naive participant gave written answers percentage conformity was reduced to 25%

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 4 of 10

4

Asch used other different variations in his study. in the baseline study, percentage conformity was ❌. One of the variations was the naive participant giving written answers. This reduced conformity to ❌. Another variation was ❌ where 5% of the participants conformed. The third variation was using a smaller group size. In this variation, ❌ of the participants conformed.

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37%

35%

26%

33%

25%

20%

social support

another naive participant

the naive participant answering first

32%

29%

30%

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Question 5 of 10

3

Select one or more of the following which applies to the procedure in Zimbardo et al's Stanford Prison experiment.

Select one or more of the following:

A newspaper advert advertised for 'male college students needed for psychological study on prison life, paid $15 a day for 1-2 weeks'
The study was a field experiment which took part in 22 hospital wards.
The participants were placed in groups of 1 naive participant and 6-8 confederates
All 123 participants were white, middle class, male and healthy.
All 24 participants were white, middle class, male and healthy.
The respondents were asked to complete a questionnaire on family background, physical and mental health, prior experience, attitudinal tendencies etc.

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Question 6 of 10

1

Zimbardo's study agreed with the dispositional hypothesis.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 7 of 10

5

Put the following stages of procedure for Milgram's electric study into the correct order.
❌ Participants were introduced to "Mr Wallace" a fellow participant (actually an actor working for Milgram.)
❌ Participants were always the teacher, "Mr Wallace" was always the learner.
❌ The participants were told they would either be a teacher or a learner.
❌ Every time "Mr Wallace" made a mistake, 'The Experimenter' ordered the participant to give him an electric shock.
❌ Participants saw "Mr Wallace" strapped into a chair, he was then asked to complete a memory task.

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2.

3.

1.

5.

4.

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Question 8 of 10

1

All 40 participants gave ''Mr Wallace'' a shock of 300 volts (labelled "DANGER! Severe shock".)

Select one of the following:

True
False

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Question 9 of 10

1

What percentage of participants had gone on to give fatal shocks?

Select one of the following:

52%
48%
65%
60%

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Question 10 of 10

1

Label the bar chart with the different variations of Milgram's study

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Baseline study at Yale University

Change of location to a run down office

Teacher and learner in same room

Teacher forces learner's hand onto plate

Experimenter gave orders by phone.

Experimenter played by member of public.

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- Zimbardo et al - Asch - Milgram

AS Psychology AQA Social influence

Question 1 of 10

What was the sample in Asch's Conformity study (1951)?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

What was the percentage conformity of participants in Asch's study?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

When the naive participant gave written answers percentage conformity was reduced to 25%

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

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Explanation

Question 5 of 10

Select one or more of the following which applies to the procedure in Zimbardo et al's Stanford Prison experiment.

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

Zimbardo's study agreed with the dispositional hypothesis.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

Drag and drop to complete the text.

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

All 40 participants gave ''Mr Wallace'' a shock of 300 volts (labelled "DANGER! Severe shock".)

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

What percentage of participants had gone on to give fatal shocks?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

Label the bar chart with the different variations of Milgram's study

Drag an answer into the correct orange point.

Explanation