Psychology - Asch

‘’Conformity is a change in a person’s opinions or behaviour as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or a group of people’’

• True

• False

In Asch's baseline study the genuine participants conformed _______% of the time.

• 26.8

• 36.8

After the baseline, how many variables did Asch use?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Which is NOT a variable used by Asch?

• group size

• location

• unanimity

• task difficulty

For unanimity,  the genuine participants  conformed _______________with a dissenter present.

• more often

• less often

For task difficulty - conformity _____________ when the task was harder.

• increased

• decreased

Strength or Limitation?

Asch’s research increased our knowledge of why people conform which may help avoid mindless, destructive conformity.

• Strength

• Limitation

Strength or limitation?

The task and situation were artificial (knew they were in a study) - so may have just gone along with it (demand characteristics).

• strength

• limitation

Which other study found that people confirmed more when the task was more difficult (maths)?

• Fiske

• Lucas et al

Who criticises Asch saying the groups didn't resemble groups in everyday life so you can't generalise to the real world?

• Lucus et al

• Fiske