Asch's Study - Majority Influence

Majority Influence - Asch 1951

Aim

• To see if participants would conform to the majority influence 
• See if incorrect answers would be given in situations where the answer was always obvious. 

Procedure

• 7 male student ppts looked at two cards - one showed vertical line & one showed different lengths of lines.
• Ppts asked in turn which of three lines was the same as test line - Correct answer ALWAYS obvious
• All ppts…