Asch - ALTERNATIVE EVIDENCE

Question 1

Does the study of Jenness support, contradict or develop Asch’s study?

Answer 1

It supports Asch’s study as it talks about how behaviour is influenced by the situation to conform.

Question 2

Does the study by Perrin and Spencer (1980) support, contradict or develop Asch’s study?

Answer 2

It contradicts Asch’s study as they found that only one person conformed out of 396 trials. this suggests that people are more independent to conformity.

Question 3

What did Perrin and Spencer (1980) find?

Answer 3

They replicated Asch’s study but they found a much lower level of conformity (1 person conformed out of 396 trials).

Question 4

What did Nicholson et al, (1985) find?

Answer 4

Repeated the study with British and US students and found that 32% and 38% respectively conformed at least once.