Asch's research into variables affecting conformity

Asch's aimed to investigate conformity using a _________ ___________ task.

(a)  

In Asch's conformity research, real participants were joined by six other 'participants'. These 'participants' were actually (a)   .

What did Asch's line judgement task involve?

• Participants identifying which comparison line was the same length as the stimulus line.

• Participants identifying which was the longest line.

• Participants identifying which was the shortest line.

• Participants identifying which comparison line was not the same length as the stimulus line.

In Asch's original conformity research, confederates gave u (a)   wrong answers on 12 of the 18 trials.

In Asch's original conformity research, participants conformed to the unanimous incorrect answers provided by the majority, on average, on (a)   % of the critical trials.

Which of the following are variables affecting conformity?

• Group size

• Unanimity

• Task difficulty

• Proximity

• Location

Asch investigated __________ ___________ by increasing the size of the majority in his line judgement task.

(a)  

Asch found that increasing the size of the majority _________ conformity.

• Increased

• Decreased

Asch found that conformity rates only increased up until ______ people, after which conformity rates did not rise despite any increase in the size of the majority.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Asch's group size variation study found that:

• A small majority is sufficient for people to feel pressured into conforming.

• A large majority is needed for people to feel pressured into conforming.

• Conformity always increased as group size increased.

• Conformity increased with group size, but only up to a certain point.