Asch Lines
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- Created on: 20-04-15 17:12
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- Asch Lines
- Aims
- To see if people would conform to the majority in a situation where there could be no doubt about the correct answer
- Procedure
- 50 male students studied
- A pair of cards were shown to 7 people.
- On one card was a single 'test' line and the other 3 comparison lines
- Participants were asked to say out loud which line was equal to the test line, answers were obious
- Only 1 of the 7 was a true participant and was last to give statement
- Confederates were asked to be wrong on 12 out of 18 trials
- Findings
- On 32% of critical trials naïve participants conformed
- 74% naïve participants conformed at least once
- 26% of participants never conformed (still experienced fear and doubt
- Small minority claimed they perceived the line as correct answer
- Conclusion
- There are conformity effects in an unambiguous situation
- Group pressure to conform are stronger than previously thought
- Evaluation
- Cross Culture bias (America)
- Only male college students. Can't generalise
- Done in 1950's (McCarthyism) people afraid and more prone to conform
- Not everyone conformed 2 thirds didn't.
- Ethical Issue (Deception)
- Aims
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