3 - asch ao1

Question 1

what is the asch effect (and his aim)

Answer 1

(he wanted to show us that it is sometimes) human tendency for us to follow the crowd rather than do what we think is right

Question 2

what was asch’s sample (number, gender, occupation/schooling)

Answer 2

123 male undergraduates

Question 3

how did asch gain his sample?

Answer 3

volunteer sampling

Question 4

how many confederates were there in asch’s experiment?

Answer 4

6-8

Question 5

what was asch’s task?

Answer 5

group sat around a table and asked to compare the length of lines. on one card there was a standard line and on the other card there were three comparison lines. asked to say which one was the same length as the standard line, one line was the same two were clearly wrong

Question 6

after how many trials in asch’s experiment did confederates start giving wrong answers?

Answer 6

6

Question 7

for how many trials did confederates in asch’s experiment continue giving wrong answers?

Answer 7

12

Question 8

how many trials did each participant complete in total in asch’s experiment?

Answer 8

18

Question 9

what percent of the time did participants give the wrong answer in asch’s experiment?

Answer 9

36.8%

Question 10

how many participants in asch’s experiment never conformed (percent)

Answer 10

25%

Question 11

how many participants in asch’s experiment conformed at least once (percent)

Answer 11

75%

Question 12

when asked what did the majority of asch’s participants say they conformed for?

Answer 12

to avoid rejection from the group

Question 13

what were the three variations in asch’s study?

Answer 13

group size, unanimity and task difficulty

Question 14

what was the range of confederates in asch’s group size variation

Answer 14

1 to 15

Question 15

when there was one confederate in asch’s study, the real participants conformed on just what percent of the critical trails? (group size variation)

Answer 15

3%

Question 16

when there were three confederates in asch’s group size variation, the real participants conformed on what percent of the critical trials? what is this the same as (in terms of number of confederates)?

Answer 16

36%

same as asch’s original experiment which had 7 confederates

Question 17

asch found that conformity reached its highest level with just how many confederates?

Answer 17

three

Question 18

in the unanimity variation of asch’s experiment, what was one of the confederates instructed to do?

Answer 18

give the correct answer throughout

Question 19

in the unanimity variation in asch’s experiment, the rate of conformity dropped to what percent?

Answer 19

5%

Question 20

what does asch’s unanimity variation demonstrate about resistance to social influence?

Answer 20

if the real participants has support for their belief, then they are more likely to resist the pressure to conform (social support)

Question 21

what did asch change about the task in his task difficulty variation?

Answer 21

made the task more difficult, by making the difference between the line lengths significantly smaller

Question 22

what did asch find about the rate of conformity in his task difficulty variation?

Answer 22

it increased

Question 23

what explanation for conformity is asch’s task difficulty variation likely to be the result of and why?

Answer 23

isi as individuals look to another for guidance when completing a task