Asch's research and variations

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what was the procedure of Asch's study?
123 males were tested individually with between 6 and 8 confederates, there was 2 white cards, one with a standard line and the other with three comparison line, 1st few trials confederates gave right answer then started making mistakes, 18 trials
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what were the results of Asch's study?
71% of the participants conformed at least once.
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what were the results of Asch's variation on group size?
with 3 confederates, 31.8% conformed and increasing group size made little difference after this
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what were the results of Asch's variation on unanimity?
the new confederate saying a different answer decreased conformity by a quarter
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what were the results of Asch's study on task difficulty?
conformity increased as situation was ambiguous, ISI
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