Asch's Variations

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What was the 1st variation?
Group size
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What was the percentage of conformity with 1 confederate?
3%
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What was the percentage of conformity with 2 confederates?
13%
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What was the percentage of conformity with 3 confederates?
32%, this is the optimum level of conformity as adding more confederates didn't increase conformity.
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When there was 15 confederates and 1 real participant what was the percentage of conformity?
29%
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What was the 2nd variation?
Unanimity
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When there was 1 dissenting confederate that gave the correct answer, what was the percentage of conformity?
5%
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When there was 1 dissenting confederate that gave the incorrect answer, what was the percentage of conformity?
9%
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What was the 3rd variation?
Task difficulty
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What happened to conformity when the task was made more difficult?
Increased
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What was the 4th variation?
Historical context/expertise
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What happened in this variation?
Perrin and Spencer (1981) replicated Asch's study 30 years later with male STEM students
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What was the percentage of conformity?
0.25%
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What was the 5th variation?
Culture
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What happened in this variation?
Smith and Bond (1983) conducted a meta-analysis of 31 studies and found 2 key findings: Fiji and Belgium
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What was the percentage of conformity in Fiji and why?
58%, Fiji is a collectivistic country (focusses on community)
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What was the percentage of conformity in Belgium and why?
15%, Belgium is an individualistic country
(focusses on individuals)
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