Asch (1951)- Study of Conformity

Aim-

To investigate the extent to which the group would influence an individual to conform. 

Procedure- 

123 male naive participants that were split into groups of 6-8 people containing one naive particpant and the rest confederates. The naive participant would always be placed 2nd to last in the line. The groups were then shown 2 cards, one with three lines of different lengths labelled A B  and C, another…