Replications of Asch's Conformity Experiment Show That

question 269

Multiple Choice

Replications of Asch's conformity experiment show that:

• A) regardless of culture, people are more likely to conform in groups of people that are similar.
• B) people in individualist cultures are more likely to conform than individuals from collectivist cultures.
• C) Canadians today are more likely to conform in the Asch paradigm than were Canadians in the 1950s.
• D) when people are asked to make these line judgments on their own, about 20% still make mistakes on the task.

Understand the impact of information technology on the workplace and organizations.

Recognize the influence of risk, certainty, and uncertainty on decision making.

Understanding the conceptualization and three pillars of sustainable development from the 1992 Earth Summit.

Recognizing the importance of collaborative and stakeholder-focused implementation of international business sustainability guidelines.

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Definitions:

One-tailed Hypothesis Test

A specific type of statistical test that looks for evidence of an effect in one direction.

P-value

The probability of getting results from tests that are at least as exceptional as the outcomes truly noted, assuming the null hypothesis is factual.

Z Statistic

A type of standard score that represents the number of standard deviations a data point is from the mean of a distribution.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped frequency distribution curve that is symmetric about the mean and described by its mean and standard deviation.