What Was the Finding of Sherif's Study (1936) on Conformity

question 39

Multiple Choice

What was the finding of Sherif's study (1936) on conformity when participants were asked to estimate the distance moved by a point of light?

• A) Participants were more accurate when they were alone than when they were in groups.
• B) Participants were more accurate in groups than when they were alone.
• C) As the study progressed, the participants' estimates began to converge with each other.
• D) As the study progressed, the participants' estimates began to diverge from each other.

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Definitions:

N - 1

A formula used to calculate the sample variance or sample standard deviation, representing the sample size minus one.

Variance

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data points around their mean value, indicating how spread out the data are.

Measure of Variability

Statistical indices that describe the spread or dispersion within a set of numerical data, including range, variance, and standard deviation.

Percentiles

Values below which a certain percentage of data in a data set fall.