Social Psychology -Asch

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Aim
investigate to what extend the social pressure from major affected people to conform
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procedure
line test, 50 males american college, confederates state right answer, after, obvious wrong. see if conform
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what % never conformed
26
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on what % of trials did people conform to give incorrect answer
32
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what % conformed on at least 1
74
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reasoning
conformed due to NSI
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Dsadantages
low ecological validity, lacks population validity, time of experiment, lack of protection from harm, broke ethical guidelines
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group size
increased by adding confederates, conformity increased up till when majority was 3
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unanimity
extent to which all members agree. majority was unanimous when confederates said same line. conformity WAS AT ITS HIGHEST
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Task difficulty
conformity increases when task is harder as participants presume majority is right
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what % never conformed

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on what % of trials did people conform to give incorrect answer

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what % conformed on at least 1

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