Asch - Lines Experiment - Character analysis in A Level and IB Psychology


	Aims	Procedure
	to see if participants would conform to the majority and give wrong answers when the correct is obvious	confederates deliberately gave wrong answers to see if participants would conform
	Findings	Variations
	Participants conformed on 32% of trials 74% conformed at least once 26% never conformed	Conformity increased up to group size of 4 Conformity increased when task was harder (task difficulty) Dissenter reduced conformity (unanimity)

to see if participants would conform to the majority and give wrong answers when the correct is obvious

confederates deliberately gave wrong answers to see if participants would conform

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