A. were ordered to give consistently wrong answers to simples
B. were ordered to deliver painful electric shocks to stranger
C. indicated which of three lines matched a “standard line” in length
D. became the recipients of painful electric shocks delivered by an experimental accomplice
Related Mcqs:
- In Asch’s studies______were found to be the key determinants of conformity.
A. task difficulty and group size
B. the group leader’s personality and group unanimity
C. group size and the subjects’ intelligence
D. group size and group unanimity - Solomon Asch designed an experiment in which participants made judgements about the length of lines. He was studying_________?
A. Compliance
B. Obedience
C. Rule making
D. Conformity - A between subjects design is less efficient than a within subjects design because ____________?
A. it has more subjects
B. it has less validity
C. it is less reliable
D. it must deal with difference among subjects
E. None of these - When subjects in an experiment are chosen so that each has an equal chance of being in either the experimental group of the control group, we say that the subjects have been assigned:
A. alternately
B. hypothetically
C. randomly
D. consecutively - Dr. Jamil wants to study the effects of poverty on one’s self concept. To do this he interviews a group of subjects from the inner city once every five years for a period of 30 years. This experiment is an example of what type-of study?
A. Correlational study
B. cross sectional study
C. Gesell’s dome
D. longitudinal study - Sherif’s autokinetic experiments and Asch’s line studies demonstrated the power of which social psychological factor on the degree to which people confirm?
A. Group identity
B. individual norms
C. Individual identity
D. Group norms - ______is best known for his research on conformity.
A. Asch
B. Rubin
C. Schachter
D. Zimbardo - Moral behavior in conformity with the moral code of the social group “moral” comes from the____word mores, meaning manners, customs and folkways:
A. Greek
B. Latin
C. English
D. Arabic - Foolish conformity to peer pressure is most likely to be motivated by_____needs.
A. Sexual
B. achievement
C. self-actualization
D. safety
E. belongingness - The type of study construction in which different subjects at different developmental levels are compared is a _____________?
A. longitudinal study
B. cross-sectional study
C. field study
D. group construction
