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asch’s research
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what did asch propose?
visual perception task
asked to say which line was the longest
Who conducted research on conformity?
Solomon
Asch
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What was a crucial contribution of Asch's research?
It demonstrated how
decisions
can lead to errors
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What type of task did Asch use in his study?
Visual perception task
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What did participants have to identify in Asch's study?
Which line was the
longest
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What was the role of the confederates in Asch's study?
They purposely gave the
wrong
answer
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How many American male undergraduates participated in Asch's study?
123
participants
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How many confederates were in the group with the naive participant?
Between
six
and
eight
confederates
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What did the naive participant not know about the others?
They were
confederates
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How many trials did each participant take part in?
18
trials
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How many 'critical trials' involved confederates giving wrong answers?
12
critical trials
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What percentage of the time did the naive participant give a wrong answer?
36.8%
of the time
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What does the term "Asch effect" refer to?
The
extent
of conformity in unambiguous situations
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Why did most participants conform according to interviews?
To avoid rejection (
normative social influence
)
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What did Asch investigate in his variations of the study?
Conditions affecting
conformity levels
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What was the effect of group size on conformity according to Asch?
Conformity rose with
three
confederates
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What happened to conformity when the group size increased beyond three confederates?
No
further
impact
on conformity
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What was the effect of introducing a dissenting confederate?
Conformity
fell to
25%
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How did Asch make the line-judging task more difficult?
By making lines more
similar
in length
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What was the effect on conformity when the task was made harder?
Conformity increased if the answer was less
obvious
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What does ISI stand for in the context of Asch's research?
Informational Social Influence
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limitation of asch
situation and task were
artificial
what’s a limitation of asch research
findings
only apply to certain
groups
what’s a strength of asch research
supports
task difficulty
what’s a limitation of asch research
ethical issues
evaluations
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evaluation
for
asch
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