Conformity to Majority Influence Experiment

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What was the main purpose of the experiment?

To test participants' math skills

To evaluate the reliability of confederates in psychological experiments

To study the effect of peer pressure on decision-making (correct)

To compare the response times of participants in a group setting

How many participants were recruited for the experiment?

150 American male undergraduate students

123 American male undergraduate students (correct)

50 American male undergraduate students

100 American male undergraduate students

What was the seating arrangement of the naïve participant in the group?

Last in the group

Second from last in the group (correct)

First in the group

In the middle of the group

What percentage of participants conformed to the confederates' wrong answer on at least one critical trial?

75% Signup and view all the answers

How many trials did each participant take part in?

18 trials Signup and view all the answers

What percentage of participants never conformed to the confederates' wrong answer?

25% Signup and view all the answers

The experiment tested whether people conform to the influence of a ______ using an unambiguous task.

majority Signup and view all the answers

The participants were shown two large white cards, one with a standard ______ and the other with three comparison lines.

line Signup and view all the answers

The naïve participant did not know the other participants were ______.

confederates Signup and view all the answers

The findings showed that ______ percent of the critical trials the naïve participants conformed.

36.8 Signup and view all the answers

The participants who never conformed reported feelings of ______ and doubt.

tension Signup and view all the answers

The control group consisted of the first few trials where all confederates gave the ______ answer.

right Signup and view all the answers

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What was the main purpose of the experiment?

How many participants were recruited for the experiment?

What was the seating arrangement of the naïve participant in the group?

What percentage of participants conformed to the confederates' wrong answer on at least one critical trial?

How many trials did each participant take part in?

What percentage of participants never conformed to the confederates' wrong answer?

The experiment tested whether people conform to the influence of a ______ using an unambiguous task.

The participants were shown two large white cards, one with a standard ______ and the other with three comparison lines.

The naïve participant did not know the other participants were ______.

The findings showed that ______ percent of the critical trials the naïve participants conformed.

The participants who never conformed reported feelings of ______ and doubt.

The control group consisted of the first few trials where all confederates gave the ______ answer.

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