At what point in the Asch experiment did the real participant face a difficult situation?

Correct answer: On the third trial, when the first 'participant' gave an incorrect answer.

Explanation

This question probes the specific timing of the social pressure manipulation within the Asch experiment's procedure.

Other questions

Question 1

What is the psychological term for the widespread tendency for individuals to act and think like the people around them?

Question 2

What are the two primary reasons identified by psychologists for why people conform?

Question 3

In Solomon Asch's classic study on conformity, what percentage of participants went along with the group's incorrect answer at least once?

Question 4

What is the primary motivation for individuals who are subject to normative influence?

Question 5

In Asch's conformity study, on what proportion of the 12 test trials did the participants conform with the group's incorrect answer?

Question 6

According to the text, which of the following groups is more prone to conforming?

Question 7

What psychological process is defined as conformity that results from a concern to act in a socially approved manner as determined by how others act?

Question 8

The finding that college students typically overestimate the amount of alcohol consumed by their peers, leading them to drink more, is an example of the power of what?

Question 9

What was the primary question Milgram sought to answer with his obedience studies?

Question 10

In the standard setup of Milgram's obedience experiment, what percentage of male participants administered shocks up to the maximum 450 volts?

Question 11

In Milgram's experiment, what was the role of the person receiving the shocks?

Question 12

At what voltage level in Milgram's study did the learner's protests become silent, suggesting they were physically unable to respond?

Question 13

Which of the following conditions led to a decrease in obedience rates in variations of Milgram's study?

Question 14

What did Milgram find when he conducted his obedience experiment with female participants?

Question 15

According to the chapter, what is one of the main points of controversy surrounding Milgram's obedience research?

Question 16

What do recent partial and modified replications of Milgram's procedures suggest about obedience today?

Question 17

Which type of influence is at play when people conform because they are concerned about what others think of them and do not want to be the target of criticism?

Question 18

In Asch's line-judgment study, how many other 'participants' (who were actually confederates) gave their answer before the real participant?

Question 19

The text provides an example of homeowners reducing energy consumption after learning they use more energy than their neighbors. This illustrates the power of:

Question 20

What is the term for responding to an order or command from a person in a position of authority?

Question 21

In the Milgram experiment, what was the supposed purpose of the study as explained to the participants?

Question 22

What was the experimenter's role in the Milgram study if the 'teacher' expressed a desire to stop?

Question 23

According to the chapter, under which condition were participants in Milgram's study significantly less obedient?

Question 24

The automatic, and often unconscious, imitation of gestures, body posture, and language of people we interact with is a form of:

Question 25

In the Asch experiment, participants knew they were giving an incorrect answer, but what concern overpowered their desire to be correct?

Question 26

How is conformity affected by culture, according to research cited in the chapter?

Question 27

What is the term for the perception of what most people do in a given situation?

Question 28

What happened to hotel guests' towel-reuse behavior when they were informed that most other guests reused their towels?

Question 29

In the Milgram experiment, through what method was the real participant always assigned the role of 'teacher'?

Question 30

After how many successive statements of refusal from the 'teacher' would the experimenter in the Milgram study end the session?

Question 31

What is the 'dark side to obedience' described in the chapter?

Question 32

What does the chapter conclude about the influence of the social world on our actions?

Question 33

In the Asch experiment, how many total cards were presented to the group, one at a time?

Question 34

What happened in the Asch study when variations were conducted where participants believed the confederates would not hear their responses?

Question 35

What is the definition of obedience according to the chapter's vocabulary section?

Question 36

In the Milgram experiment, what was the incremental voltage increase for each successive wrong answer?

Question 37

What was the learner's first audible reaction in the Milgram experiment, heard after the 75-volt lever was pressed?

Question 38

What defense did Milgram offer regarding the ethical controversy of his studies?

Question 39

The chapter mentions that providing students with accurate information about drinking norms has been found to have what effect?

Question 40

According to the Asch study, what is the effect of increasing the number of confederates on conformity?

Question 42

Why do people who live in collectivist cultures place a higher value on the goals of the group than on individual preferences?

Question 43

In Milgram's study, what happened after the learner refused to answer any more questions after the 300-volt shock?

Question 44

The disturbing implication from Milgram's findings is that, under the right circumstances, who may be capable of acting in very unsettling ways?

Question 45

What is the reason we sometimes rely on informational influence?

Question 46

In the context of the Asch experiment, who were the confederates?

Question 47

What was the maximum voltage labeled on the shock generator in Milgram's experiment?

Question 48

How did Milgram's participants generally feel about their participation in the study, according to follow-up questionnaires?

Question 49

The text discusses how providing information that 'the vast majority of people took the stairs' successfully encouraged more people to use stairs instead of an elevator. This is an application of what concept?

Question 50

Despite the controversies, what is one major positive outcome that resulted in part from Milgram's studies?