WorksheetsPsychology - Asch
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
‘’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
The study focused on ________________ therefore can't be applied to both sexes.
American women
American men
____________ was an issue because the naïve participants were deceived - they thought the other people were genuine participants like themselves.
gender
ethics
