variables affecting conformity

Question 1

What happens to participants’ conformity when one confederate gives the correct answer?

Answer 1

Participants’ conformity declined from 32% to 5.5%

Question 2

How does unanimity affect conformity rates?

Answer 2

Conformity rates decline when the majority answer is not unanimous.

Question 3

What is the relationship between group size and conformity?

Answer 3

Increasing the size of the group tends to increase conformity, up to a point.

Question 4

What effect does task difficulty have on conformity?

Answer 4

Increasing the difficulty of the task increases conformity.

Question 5

What are some other variables that affect conformity?

Answer 5

Other variables include mood, gender, and culture.

Question 6

What did Tong et al (2008) find regarding mood and conformity?

Answer 6

subjects are more likely to conform when they are in a good mood.

Question 7

What did Dolinski (2001) discover about emotional states and conformity?

Answer 7

found that subjecting participants to an ‘emotional seesaw’ makes them more likely to conform.

Question 8

What did Jenness (1932) and Maslach et al (1987) suggest about gender and conformity?

Answer 8

Some research suggests women are more likely to conform than men.

Question 9

What did Smith and Bond (1996) find regarding culture and conformity?

Answer 9

found that conformity is higher among participants in collectivist cultures than in individualist cultures.