It Could Be Argued That Participants in Muzafer Sherif's (1936)study

question 65

Multiple Choice

It could be argued that participants in Muzafer Sherif's (1936) study converged in their estimates of the amount of movement of a point of light because they were avoiding public embarrassment or social censure from other participants.Sherif demonstrated that this was unlikely when he found similar results

• A) when participants completed the task with their friends.
• B) when participants later completed the task again alone.
• C) two years later.
• D) when a different set of participants responded in the same way to the same stimuli.
• E) when participants completed an auditory task in groups.

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Definitions:

Medication

Substances used for medical treatment, especially for the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease.

Analogue Observation

Observation of behaviors in a simulated or structured environment akin to real-life situations, used in psychological assessment and research.

Self-Monitoring

The process of paying close attention to one's own behavior and using these observations to shape behavior according to social cues and personal objectives.

In Vivo Observation

A method used by behaviourally oriented therapists to determine how environmental variables affect a behaviour of concern, in which a clinician may record a running narrative of events, using pencil and paper, video, or still camera, in the client’s everyday environment. More commonly, observations are made by participant observers, key people in the client’s environment, and reported to the clinician. See also analogue observational setting.