evaluating research into conformity
- Created by: Emily Lousie Winslade
- Created on: 26-04-15 21:23
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Evaluating research into conformity
‘Child of its time’
· Asch’s findings are unique to one culture – participants all men and all American within the 1950’s era McCarthyism period
Perri and Spencer 1980
· Repeated Asch’s study in England in the late 1970’s
· Obtaining one conforming rate out of 396
· Youths on probation and probation officers
· Found similar evidence to Asch’s study
Unconvincing confederates
· Difficult for confederates to act convincingly when giving the wrong answer.
Conformity or independence
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