Asch- Aims ans Context
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- Created on: 13-05-14 19:28
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ASCH-AIMS AND CONTEXT
Conformity
- Conformity is a form of social influence where people adopt behaviours,attitudes and values from other members of a reference group.
- Group pressure might play a very important role in most explanations of conformity.
- Conformity is a very important process to understand as it thought to have a significant impact on many of our behaviours and the decisions we make in situations.
American Society-1955
After WWII the U.S. entered a cold war against the soviet. It was a race to the moon and to get nuclear weapons. The U.S were very conformist as they were afraid of being communist and holding anti-american views.
Jenness (1932)
- Published his findings from his 'beans in a bottle' where individual students were asked to estimate the number of beans that appeared in a jar.
- He then asked them in groups to arrive at a group estiamate.
- When he then asked them to make another individual…
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