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Question 112

In a social influence experiment, researchers investigated the effect of social support on resisting obedience. Participants were asked to perform an extremely tedious task (sorting 1,000 buttons by color) by an authority figure wearing a grey lab coat. Each participant was tested individually alongside a confederate.

  • Condition A: the confederate obediently sorted the buttons for the entire duration without complaining.
  • Condition B: the confederate refused to continue after 2 minutes, stating 'this is a waste of time', and walked out of the room.

The researchers tested 20 participants in Condition A, and 20 different participants in Condition B.

The researchers recorded the standard outcome of whether each participant either fully obeyed the authority figure or disobeyed (refused to complete the task).

Identify the type of data collected in this experiment. Explain your answer.

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Data handling and analysis Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Data handling and analysis

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