SCA - The Individual and the Group

Which of the following is not an assumption made by social psychologists?

• We have a personal self and several social selves.

• Animals may be studied in order to get a deeper insight into human behaviour.

• Culture affects our behaviour.

• Our behaviour is influenced by others, even when we believe we are acting independently.

Social psychologists believe that as the individual is affected by being part of a group, the individual can also affect behaviour in the group. What is the term used to describe this phenomenon?

• Social determinism

• Recipricol determinism

• Social Identity Theory

• Bidirectional ambiguity

What was the independent variable in Asch’s 1956 study?

• The confederates' answer to the question

• The rate of conformity - that is, whether they agreed with the confederates or not.

• The length of the lines

• The unanimity of the response

The Asch paradigm is highly standardized. Why is this important?

• For ethical reasons; it is important that all participants are treated equally.

• To increase the ecological validity of the study.

• To increase the reliability of the study.

• To increase the predictive validity of the study.

According to Asch, why did the participants conform?

• Referential social influence

• Normative social influence

• A combination of informational and normative social influence.

• Informational social influence

What was the control group in Asch's study?

• A second group was allowed to ask questions.

• A second group had more participants.

• A second group was told that they were late and to write down their responses.

• Participants matched the lines alone - with no confederates.