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Asch (1955) Opinions and social pressure
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1Which of these key words means: "Following others because we want to be right" ?
- AInformational
- BNormative
2What comes first in conformity; Public acceptance or Private acceptance?
- APrivate acceptance
- BPublic acceptance
3Asch wanted to research social conformity because of the Holocaust?
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Asch performed his experiment in an ambiguous situation
- ATrue
- BFalse
5How many participants were there in Asch's experiment?
- A145
- B123
- C113
6What kind of people participated in the experiment?
- Amen with degree's
- BWorking men
- CMale students
- DUnemployed men
7The participants were paid $10 for participating in the experiment
- ATrue
- BFalse
8How many people were in each group?
- A5
- B6
- C7
- D8
- E9
- F10
9How many people were actual participants and not confederates for Asch?
- A1
- B2
- C3
10How many trials were there?
- A18
- B15
- C20
11How many of the trials were "Critical Trials" ? (The confederates would give deliberately wrong answers)
- A15
- B12
- C18
- D20
12In the control trial (where confederates gave the correct answer), what percentage of the time did the naive participants answer correctly?
- A99%
- B98%
- C97%
13Participants conformed to say the wrong answer 42% of the time
- ATrue
- BFalse
14How many participants conformed on the final trial?
- A75%
- B70%
- C80%
15Asch's conclusion was that people will conform to group norms even when the answer is clearly wrong, and that conformity has a strong influence on our behaviour
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- Quiz on Asch (1955) for the PY2 exam.
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