1.Variables affecting conformity(Asch) Flashcards
What was the 3 variables Asch investigated?
Group size, task difficulty and unanimity
What happened to conformity rates as the size of the majority group increased?
Group size- conformity increases as the majority group increases
When does the size of the group stop having an effect on conformity?
Group size- When the group reaches a certain size of 3
Group size- When there was 1 ppt and 1 confed what was the conformity rate?
3%
Group size- When there was 1 ppt and 2 confeds what was the conformity rate?
13%
Group size- When there was 1 ppt and 3 confeds what was the conformity rate?
32%
Group size- This suggests…
that the size of majority does have an effect on conformity but only to a certain point(3)
What does unanimity mean?
Complete agreement from a group about an answer or viewpoint
Unanimity- In Asch’s original study what was the conformity rate?
All confeds gave the same wrong answer and conformity was 37%
Unanimity- 1variation= 1confed gave the correct answer throughout the research and conformity dropped to?
5.5%
Unanimity- another variation= a lone confer gave a different wrong answer and a different answer to the correct one, what did conformity drop to?
9%
Unanimity- This suggests…
when a dissenter breaks the groups unanimous position, conformity decreases
What happens to conformity as task difficult increases?
As task difficulty increases, conformity increases
Task difficulty- explain the 1 variation
He made the stimulus line and comparison lines more similar in length so the correct answer was less obvious therefore the task was harder
Task difficulty- This suggest that ISI…
plays a greater role when the task becomes harder, when situations are unclear were more likely to look to others for guidance, as the right answer becomes less obvious we loose confidence in our own ability and are more likely to conform
