A Child Of ItS Time

Question 1

Only one student conformed out of?

Answer 1

A total of 396

Question 2

What may be the cause?

Answer 2

That the engierineering students felt more confident about measuring lines than the original sample and therefore were less conformist

Question 3

But it was also possible that what?

Answer 3

That the 1950’s were an especially conformist time in America and therefore it made sense to conform to established social norms

Question 4

But society has changed a lot since 1950… So people are what?

Answer 4

Are possible less conformist today

Question 5

Why is this a limitation of achs?

Answer 5

Because it means that the asch effect is not consistent across situations and may not be consistent across time, and so is not a fundamental feature of human behaviour

Question 6

What did Perrin and spencer repeat?

Answer 6

Aschs original study with engineering students In the uk