Asch - Situational Factors Flashcards
1
Q
sometimes were are influenced by others
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and conform
2
Q
sometimes we resist other people’s influence and act
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independently
3
Q
there are two types of factors that affect conformity
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situational and dispositional
4
Q
situational factors are due to the
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social situation a person is in
5
Q
dispositional factors are due to the
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internal characteristics
6
Q
Which factor did Asch investigate?
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situational
7
Q
Study 1
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group size
8
Q
- you might expect that the bigger the majority
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the influential it will be
9
Q
- if more people are needed to conform, this would mean
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you are less likely to conform if less people are around you
10
Q
- Asch study date
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1956
11
Q
- Asch conducted his conformity experiment with
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different numbers of confederates as the majority
12
Q
- two confederates
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14% conformed
13
Q
- three confederates
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32% conformed
14
Q
- no matter how many confederates were present after three
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there was little percentage change
15
Q
- Asch concluded that
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smaller majorities were easier to resist but conformity doesn’t increase by how big the group is
