Moore's (1968) Experiment on the Effects of Education on Social

question 59

Multiple Choice

Moore's (1968) experiment on the effects of education on social influence, given as an example of research in the group processes and structures face of sociological social psychology, shows that:

• A)education has less of an effect than race/ethnicity on women's task-related behaviors
• B)females are less likely than males to define themselves in terms of their level of educational attainment when completing the Contrast Sensitivity task in mixed-sex groups
• C)how social influence is measured determines the size of the gender gap in in recorded task performance
• D)susceptibility to influence associated with education operates differently than other status characteristics
• E)susceptibility to influence can be reduced by leading subjects to believe that they are more well educated than their task partner

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