Students Participated in What They Thought Was a Perception Experiment

question 238

Multiple Choice

Students participated in what they thought was a perception experiment and joined seven others seated in a room. The group was shown a 10-inch test line and had to choose a line that matched it in length from a choice of three lines: 8 inches, 10 inches, and 12 inches. The experimenter, Solomon Asch, had the seven confederates choose a line that was obviously wrong. Asch found that:

• A) 60% of the students remained completely independent on every trial.
• B) students who did not conform were confident and pleased that they had done well.
• C) 20% of the students remained completely independent on every trial.
• D) students who conformed expressed certainty that they had made correct decisions.

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Definitions:

Perpetual Inventory System

This inventory accounting procedure logs purchases or sales instantly through computerized point-of-sale systems and enterprise asset management software.

Sales of Merchandise Inventory

Transactions involving the sale of goods held for resale by a business, contributing to its primary revenue.

Recording Process

The steps or procedures involved in documenting financial transactions in the accounting records.

Merchandiser's Net Income

The profit realized by a merchandising company after subtracting all of its operational expenses and cost of goods sold from its total revenue.