Conformity Quiz

Compliance is....

• when an individual conforms publicly and changes their private opinions to that of the group majority

• when an individual temporarily changes their private opinions to fulfil a social role

• when an individual conforms publicly but doesn't change their private opinions

• When a person resists conformity

Asch (1951) found that .... of participants conformed to the group majority and answered incorrectly

• 39%

• 24.9%

• 5.5%

• 36.8%

An example of a study that supports informational social influence is....

• Jenness (1932)

• Asch (1951)

• Zimbardo (1973)

• Milgram (1963)

Internalisation can be explained by...

• Identification

• Informational social influence

• De-individuation

• Normative social influence

Which is NOT a criticism of Asch's study?

• Temporal validity

• Ecological validity

• Population validity

• Practical applications

Which of the following are factors affecting conformity?

• Unanimity

• Location

• Task difficulty

• Uniform

Jenness (1932) provides research support for...

• Internalisation

• Normative social influence

• Informational social influence

• Compliance

Which elaboration explains why Zimbardo's study was unethical?

• Participants data was not kept anonymous

• Participants were not debriefed after the experiment

• Participants suffered psychological harm

• Participants did not provide informed consent

In Asch's variation study on task difficulty, the variable he changed was...

• changing the outfits of the confederates

• increasing the similarity in the lengths of the lines

• changing the expertise of the confederates

• increasing the number of lines presented on each trial

In Asch's research, when one confederate dissented and broke the unanimity of the group by answering correctly, the rates of conformity dropped to:

• 4.5%

• 5.5%

• 9%

• 7.5%