Variables affecting conformity
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- Created on: 07-09-17 18:46
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- Variables affecting conformity
- Asch (1956)
- 123 US undergrads
- Never conformed = 25%
- 1 line with 3 comparison lines
- Participant answers second to last
- Confederates said wrong answer on 12/18 tasks
- Average conformity rate = 33%
- Conformed on all = 5%
- Variables
- Diffuclty
- Greater ambiguity = greater conformity
- Lucas (2006) the influence of conformity depends on self-efficacy
- Group size
- 1/2 confeds = no conformity
- 3+ = 33%
- Campbell and Fairey (1989) - conformity rates are higher when there is no correct answer
- Unanimity
- Confederate with same answer = 5.5%
- Confederate with different answer = 9%
- Diffuclty
- Evaluation
- Child of its time
- US in a time of McCarthyism (anti-communist period)
- Perrin and Spencer (1980s)
- Youths on probation - similar levels as Asch
- Science students - 1/396 conformed
- Perrin and Spencer (1980s)
- US in a time of McCarthyism (anti-communist period)
- Effect of group size
- Bond (2005)
- No studies over 9 confederates
- Bond (2005)
- Independent behaviour not conformity
- 2/3 didn't conform
- Unconvincing confederates
- Mori and Arai (2010)
- Polarised glasses so confederates actually saw the wrong answer
- Mori and Arai (2010)
- Cultural differences
- Smith (2006)
- Collectivist - 37%
- Individualist - 25%
- Average - 31%
- Smith (2006)
- Child of its time
- Asch (1956)
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