Asch (1955) Opinions and social pressure

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Quiz on Asch (1955) for the PY2 exam.
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Question 1

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Which of these key words means: "Following others because we want to be right" ?
Answer
  • Informational
  • Normative

Question 2

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What comes first in conformity; Public acceptance or Private acceptance?
Answer
  • Private acceptance
  • Public acceptance

Question 3

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Asch wanted to research social conformity because of the Holocaust?
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Asch performed his experiment in an ambiguous situation
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 5

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How many participants were there in Asch's experiment?
Answer
  • 145
  • 123
  • 113

Question 6

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What kind of people participated in the experiment?
Answer
  • men with degree's
  • Working men
  • Male students
  • Unemployed men

Question 7

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The participants were paid $10 for participating in the experiment
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 8

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How many people were in each group?
Answer
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10

Question 9

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How many people were actual participants and not confederates for Asch?
Answer
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3

Question 10

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How many trials were there?
Answer
  • 18
  • 15
  • 20

Question 11

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How many of the trials were "Critical Trials" ? (The confederates would give deliberately wrong answers)
Answer
  • 15
  • 12
  • 18
  • 20

Question 12

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In the control trial (where confederates gave the correct answer), what percentage of the time did the naive participants answer correctly?
Answer
  • 99%
  • 98%
  • 97%

Question 13

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Participants conformed to say the wrong answer 42% of the time
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 14

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How many participants conformed on the final trial?
Answer
  • 75%
  • 70%
  • 80%

Question 15

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Asch'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
Answer
  • True
  • False
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