Social Influence

Question 1

In Asch’s experiment, in how many trials did naïve participants conform?

Answer 1

In 36.8% of trials.

Question 2

In Asch’s experiment, in how many trials did participants never conform?

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

In Asch’s group size variation, how did conformity rates change?

Answer 3

Increased to 3, then levelled off.

Question 4

In Milgram’s Shock Experiment, how often did participants (‘Teachers’) obey and to what voltage?

Answer 4

65% to 450v.
100% to 300v.

Question 5

In Milgram’s uniform variation, what was the rate of obedience?

Answer 5

20%.

Question 6

In Milgram’s proximity variation, what were the obedience rates?

Answer 6

40% when the ‘Teacher’ and ‘Learner’ were in the same room.
30% with touch proximity.

Question 7

AO1 — Who created the F-Scale and proposed the Authoritarian Personality?

Answer 7

Adorno et al.

Question 8

AO1 — What was Zimbardo’s sample?

Answer 8

21 male Stanford University student volunteers.

Question 9

AO1 — In Milgram’s location variation, what was the rate of obedience?

Answer 9

47.5% in a run-down office building.

Question 10

AO1 — In Milgram’s Shock Experiment, what is ‘Prod 4’?

Answer 10

Prod 4: “You have no other choice but to continue”.