WorksheetsSCA - The Individual and the Group
Total questions: 6
Worksheet time: 3mins
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.
