Factors Influencing Conformity Quiz

What are the factors that influence conformity?

• Gender, historical context, ethnicity, self-esteem

• Professional confidence, age, group size, seating position

• Effect of having a second person disagree, all of the above

• None of the above

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing conformity?

• Group size

• Seating position

• Ethnicity

• Self-categorisation

In the Asch paradigm, conformity rates maximise between how many confederates?

• One to three

• Three to four

• Four to eight

• Eight to fifteen

What is the critical mass for inducing conformity in terms of group size?

• One

• Three

• Four

• Eight

Which of the following is true about minority influence?

• It refers to a minority changing the attitudes of a majority

• It refers to a majority changing the attitudes of a minority

• It has no effect on conformity

• It only occurs in the Asch paradigm

Who conducted a study on minority influence?

• Asch

• Moscovici

• Ellerslie77

• Nelson Mandela

What was the aim of Moscovici et al.'s study?

• To investigate the process of innovation and the role of minority influence in conformity

• To investigate the effect of group size on conformity

• To investigate the effect of gender on conformity

• To investigate the effect of historical context on conformity

In Moscovici et al.'s study, what percentage of participants conformed to the minority opinion at least once?

• 8%

• 32%

• 1.25%

• None of the above

What was the effect of consistency in the minority's views in Moscovici et al.'s study?

• It had no effect on conformity

• It increased conformity to the majority opinion

• It decreased conformity to the majority opinion

• It increased conformity to the minority opinion

In Moscovici et al.'s study, what happened to conformity when participants were allowed to write down their answers privately?

• Conformity decreased

• Conformity increased

• Conformity remained the same

• None of the above