PROCEDURE in a situation when the correct answers were always obvious participants would yield to majority social influence and give incorrect answers During the experiment a room of __ male, student participants were shown two cards; the test card showed one vertical line; the other card showed __ vertical lines of different length The participants' task was to call out in turn, which of these three lines was the same length as the test line. The correct answer was always obvious. All participants, except __ , were confederates of the experimenter.The genuine participant called out his answer last but one. The confederates gave unanimous wrong answers on 12 of the 18 trials. These 12 trials were called the __ trials, in total, Asch used __ male college students as naive, genuine participants in this first study. 1 50 Critical 7 3

The procedure described in the text is a classic example of the Asch conformity experiments, conducted by Solomon Asch in the 1950s. The experiment aimed to investigate the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.<br /><br />Here is the completed procedure:<br /><br />1. In a situation when the correct answers were always obvious, participants would yield to majority social influence and give incorrect answers.<br />2. During the experiment, a room of 7 male student participants were shown two cards; the test card showed one vertical line; the other card showed 3 vertical lines of different length.<br />3. The participants' task was to call out in turn, which of these three lines was the same length as the test line. The correct answer was always obvious. All participants, except 1, were confederates of the experimenter. The genuine participant called out his answer last but one. The confederates gave unanimous wrong answers on 12 of the 18 trials. These 12 trials were called the critical trials, in total. Asch used 50 male college students as naive, genuine participants in this first study.