According to Asch's Studies, About How Many People Conform to the Opinion

question 157

Multiple Choice

According to Asch's studies, about how many people conform to the opinion of the majority even when they know the majority is wrong?

• A) More than half of all people conform at least some of the time.
• B) About 1% of all people conform all the time, but others almost never do.
• C) About 99% percent of all people conform more than half the time.
• D) No one whom Asch tested conformed when the majority was clearly wrong.

Explain the just-world phenomenon and its impact on victim blaming.

Understand the dynamics of scapegoat theory and frustration-aggression in prejudice.

Differentiate between ingroups and outgroups, and their roles in social categorization.

Analyze the impact of social beliefs and biases on minority groups.

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Definitions:

Latin America

A region in the Western hemisphere, primarily speaking Spanish, Portuguese, and French, encompassing countries in both South and Central America, as well as the Caribbean.

Economic Development

The process by which the overall health, well-being, and academic level of the general population of a specific area or country improves.

Disfranchisement

The act of denying someone the right to vote in public elections, often based on legal, socioeconomic, or racial criteria.

Appeal of Forty Thousand

A petition to the Pennsylvania legislature in 1838, calling for the right to vote for Black men, signed by over 40,000 Black and white citizens.