1.2 Variablws Affectinf Confmorury

Question 1

Factors affecting conformity in Asch’s study

Answer 1

Size of majority/ group size
Unanimity of majority
Task difficulty

Question 2

Asch: unanimity

Answer 2

The extent to which all members of group agree

The majority was unanimous when all confeds chose the same comparison line - produced greatest levels of conformity

Question 3

Asch task difficulty

Answer 3

Asch’s study becomes more difficult when it becomes harder to work out correct answe

Conformity increases with task difficulty - as ppts assume majority is right