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Briefly summarize the studies by Sherif, Asch, and Milgram by listing the topic and method of each. Be sure to also provide a real-life example of each study.
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Answered by Examlex AI CopilotThe studies by Sherif, Asch, and Milgram are all classic experiments in social psychology that have had a significant impact on our understanding of human behavior.
Sherif's study focused on the topic of conformity and group influence. He used a method called the autokinetic effect, where participants were asked to estimate how much a point of light appeared to move in a dark room. He found that when participants were in a group, their estimates of the light's movement converged towards a group norm.
A real-life example of Sherif's study could be seen in a workplace setting, where new employees may adopt the attitudes and behaviors of their coworkers in order to fit in with the group.
Asch's study also examined conformity, but in the context of group pressure and social influence. He used a method called the line judgment task, where participants were asked to match the length of a line to a set of comparison lines. He found that participants were willing to give incorrect answers in order to conform to the group's consensus.
A real-life example of Asch's study could be seen in a classroom setting, where students may go along with the incorrect answer given by their peers in order to avoid standing out or being seen as different.
Milgram's study focused on obedience to authority figures. He used a method where participants were asked to administer electric shocks to a confederate (an actor pretending to be a participant) in a learning task. Despite the confederate's apparent distress, the majority of participants continued to administer the shocks when instructed to do so by the experimenter.
A real-life example of Milgram's study could be seen in a military setting, where soldiers may follow orders to engage in actions that they personally find morally objectionable, simply because they are following the orders of a commanding officer.
Overall, these studies have provided valuable insights into the power of social influence and authority, and their implications for real-world behavior.
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(85) While control participants were correct about line-length judgments more than 99 percent of the time in Asch's conformity study, his naive participants conformed to the incorrect judgments of others ___ percent of the time.
(81) Describe three of the variations done on Milgram's original obedience experiment. Be sure to discuss how the results varied as a function of these changes.
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(99) At what point in the study does the "learner" in Milgram's study refuse to answer any additional questions?
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