Asch Conformity Quiz

What is the Asch conformity experiment?

• It demonstrated the power of social influence and conformity, where participants were influenced by the majority opinion, even when it was clearly incorrect.

• The Asch conformity experiment was a cooking competition

• The Asch conformity experiment was a fashion show

• The Asch conformity experiment was a study on sleep patterns

Who conducted the Asch conformity experiment?

• Burrhus Skinner

• Stanley Milgram

• Philip Zimbardo

• Solomon Asch

What are the factors that influence conformity?

• Political affiliation, favorite food, and shoe size

• The factors that influence conformity include group size, unanimity, task difficulty.

• Weather conditions, personal hygiene, and favorite color

• Hair length, music preference, and social media usage

How does group size affect conformity?

• As group size increases, conformity tends to increase as well, up to a certain point, after 3 any more has little impact

• Conformity increases indefinitely with group size

• As group size increases, conformity decreases

• Group size has no effect on conformity

What are the criticisms of the Asch conformity experiment?

• The participants were not properly debriefed

• The results were not statistically significant

• The experiment lacked control over variables

• Some criticisms of the Asch conformity experiment include the lack of external validity, ethical concerns regarding deception of participants, and the potential for demand characteristics to influence results.

What are the individual differences in conformity?

• Individual differences in conformity are uniform across all individuals

• Individual differences in conformity refer to the variations in how people conform to social norms, beliefs, and behaviors based on factors such as personality, culture, and situational context.

• Individual differences in conformity are not influenced by culture or situational context

• Individual differences in conformity are solely determined by genetics

what is a dissenter?

• another name for the researcher

• someone who agrees with the naive participant

• someone who disagrees with the naive participant

• someone who is in control of the ethics

How many confederates did it take for group size to have an impact?

• 20

• 2

• 10

• 3

How did Asch deal with the deception that took place?

• stopped the research

• Debriefing

• an ethics form

• did not address it

Task difficulty makes conformity...

• less likely

• more likely

• has no effect