You Are Conducting a Conformity Experiment Patterned After the One

question 145

Multiple Choice

You are conducting a conformity experiment patterned after the one utilized by Solomon Asch. Under which of the following conditions would you expect conformity to be the highest (i.e., the most people will conform) ?

• A) both when two people are in the group AND when there is at least one dissenter in the group about equally
• B) when there are four confederates in the group
• C) when financial incentives are offered for correct answers on an easy task
• D) when there is at least one dissenter in the group
• E) when there are two confederates in the group

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Definitions:

Phallic

Phallic pertains to the third stage in Freud's psychosexual development, focusing on the genitals and the child's identification with the same-sex parent.

Inferiority Complex

A psychological condition in which an individual feels a deep sense of inadequacy and a lack of self-worth compared to others.

Freudian

Relating to or influenced by Sigmund Freud, particularly regarding his theories of the unconscious mind and psychosexual development.

Electra

In psychoanalytic theory, it refers to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.