Asch's Line-Judging Studies on Conformity Found That Conformity Declined When

question 143

Multiple Choice

Asch's line-judging studies on conformity found that conformity declined when ____.

• A) groups were closer in age rather than diverse
• B) a "dissenter" in the group always gave an incorrect response
• C) a "dissenter" in the group always gave the correct response
• D) groups were mixed-sex rather than all-male

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Definitions:

Difference

The quantitative discrepancy or deviation between two values or sets of data.

Two-tail Test

A statistical test that considers both the directions of a possible effect, testing for the possibility of positive or negative deviations from the null hypothesis.

Sample Variances

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a sample data set, which indicates how much the sample elements differ from the sample mean.

Test Statistic

A standardized value that is calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It's used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.