What Were Participants Led to Believe in Asch's Conformity Experiments

question 125

Multiple Choice

What were participants led to believe in Asch's conformity experiments?

• A) They were participating in a study of visual perception.
• B) They were administering potentially harmful electric shocks to another participant in a learner condition.
• C) They would be training undergraduate women to use a computer.
• D) They were joining a normative organization in order to pursue some common interest.

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Definitions:

Cultural Assimilation

is the process by which individuals or groups from one culture absorb and integrate the cultural attributes of a dominant or surrounding society.

Cultural Integration

The process where individuals from different cultural backgrounds come to live together harmoniously, sharing and adopting values, traditions, and norms.

Conglomerate Merger

A type of corporate merger involving companies in unrelated business activities.

Layoffs

A process in which a company permanently ends employment for a number of its staff to reduce costs or due to business restructuring.