Lesson 3.2.1.1.2

3.2.1.1.2 Asch's study of conformity Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 5

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The 20 questions

  1. What visual stimuli were compared in Asch's conformity study?

    • Word lists
    • Line lengths
    • Colour shades
    • Image shapes

  2. How many naïve, real participants were tested in each group in Asch's study?

    • Three
    • Zero
    • One
    • Two

  3. Roughly what proportion of trials did participants conform to wrong answers in Asch's study?

    • One tenth
    • One third
    • Three quarters
    • One half

  4. What was the role of a confederate in Asch's conformity research?

    • A clinical psychologist
    • A naive participant
    • An undercover researcher
    • An independent observer

  5. Roughly what percentage of participants conformed at least once in Asch's study?

    • 25%
    • 75%
    • 100%
    • 50%

  6. Which situational variable did Asch alter to test group size effects on conformity?

    • Number of confederates
    • Room temperature
    • Line length differences
    • Participant age

  7. What specific behavioural measure did Asch use to record conformity in his study?

    • Wrong matching responses
    • Post-experiment interviews
    • Heart rate monitors
    • Time taken to answer

  8. What happened to conformity levels when Asch introduced a dissenting confederate?

    • Conformity dropped to zero
    • Conformity decreased
    • Conformity increased
    • Conformity stayed identical

  9. What did Asch's baseline study demonstrate about social influence?

    • Majority conformity
    • Social loafing
    • Deindividuation
    • Obedience to authority

  10. Why was an unambiguous task used in Asch's conformity research?

    • Complex perception
    • Ambiguous stimuli
    • To test memory
    • Clear right answer

  11. Which psychological mechanism explains why participants conform by giving a wrong answer to match the group?

    • Informational social influence
    • Normative social influence
    • Social inhibition
    • Diffusion of responsibility

  12. Which ethical issue was deliberately used by Asch when misleading participants about the confederates?

    • Protection from harm
    • Deception
    • Right to withdraw
    • Informed consent

  13. What evaluation criticism applies to the artificial task used in Asch's study?

    • High internal validity
    • Demand characteristics
    • Low ecological validity
    • Observer bias

  14. Which type of conformity did Asch's participants typically display during the line judgment task?

    • Compliance
    • Obedience
    • Internalisation
    • Identification

  15. Which demographic group formed the entire sample used in Asch's classic conformity study?

    • British children
    • American males
    • Elderly women
    • Mixed university students

  16. What was the main function of the confederates giving incorrect line answers first?

    • Testing memory recall
    • Preventing fatigue
    • Creating social pressure
    • Measuring intelligence

  17. In which decade did Asch carry out his conformity study?

    • 1970s
    • 1990s
    • 1950s
    • 1930s

  18. What was the primary dependent variable measured in Asch's conformity experiment?

    • Conformity rate
    • Reaction time
    • Task difficulty
    • Heart rate

  19. According to Asch, what effect does introducing a dissenting confederate have on conformity?

    • Complete elimination
    • Significant increase
    • Significant reduction
    • No effect

  20. Asch used 18 trials, of which 12 were critical. How many critical trials were there?

    • 3
    • 18
    • 6
    • 12

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