Asch

Question 1

Asch

Answer 1

• experiment where there was an obvious answer to a line judgement task

Question 2

Asch experiment procedure

Answer 2

• used native ppts in a room with 7 confederates
• confederates agreed answer before and real ppts didn’t know
• each person had to state the comparison line and answer always obvious
• 18 trial - confederates gave wrong answer in 12

Question 3

Results experiment procedure

Answer 3

• on average - 1/3 , 32% of ppts in each trial went along and conformed.

Question 4

Asch variations

Answer 4

• size of group
• Unanimity of the majority
• difficulty of task

Question 5

Size of group

Answer 5

• conformity trends increase as size of group increases
• 1 person- 3%
• 2 people- 13%
• 3+ people - 32%

Question 6

Unamity of majority

Answer 6

1. 7 confederates and 1 eat person- each confederate say Wong answer apart from 1, to see if real person would conform or not - conformity dropped 5.5%
2. 7 confederates and 1 real person- each confederates would say wrong answer apart from one - to who would say another wrong answer, conformity dropped to 9%

Question 7

Difficulty of task

Answer 7

• when comparison of lines were similar , harder to judge so conformity increased
• more difficult the task, the greater the conformity