Asch's original study and conformity

Question 1

definition of conformity

Answer 1

A change in a person’s behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people. yielding to group pressure - also known as majority influence.

Question 2

definition of compliance

Answer 2

going along with what others are doing to fit in, when you not with them you act normal.

Question 3

definition of identification

Answer 3

only temporary only wear/act it when you are in that group, sometimes you join because you value something.

Question 4

definition of internalisation

Answer 4

the change is permanent genuinely believes and accepts group norm, might become a part of a way they think.

Question 5

example of compliance

Answer 5

laughing at a joke you don’t find funny

Question 6

example of identification

Answer 6

football team, school uniform, work uniform

Question 7

example of internalisation

Answer 7

religion

Question 8

Asch’s original study: what is the aim of his experiment?

Answer 8

how social pressure could affect behaviour (conformity)

Question 9

Asch’s original study: how many people took part?

Answer 9

123 males

Question 10

Asch’s original study: did he tell them what was acc happening in the experiment?

Answer 10

no, they thought they were taking part in ‘visual perception’.

Question 11

Asch’s original study: what task did he use?

Answer 11

a line judgement task

Question 12

Asch’s original study: were there confederates (actors)?

Answer 12

yes there were seven Confederates and 1 naive participant

Question 13

Asch’s original study: where did the participant sit?

Answer 13

last or second to last

Question 14

Asch’s original study: was the answer in the task obvious?

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

Asch’s original study: what were critical trails?

Answer 15

when confederates gave incorrect answers (12/18 trails)

Question 16

Asch’s original study: what was the percentage of how many participants conformed to the incorrect answers on the critical trails?

Answer 16

36.8%

Question 17

Asch’s original study: how many conformed at least once on the critical trials?

Answer 17

75%

Question 18

Asch’s original study: how many participants never conformed?

Answer 18

25%

Question 19

Asch’s original study: what is the control group?

Answer 19

one real participant completed the same experiment without any confederates.

Question 20

Asch’s original study: what was the percentage for the control group of getting an answer wrong?

Answer 20

less than 1%

Question 21

Asch’s original study: when he interviewed the participants what did they say?

Answer 21

they said they knew their answers were wrong however they went along to fit in, or because they thought they would be ridiculed

Question 22

Asch’s original study: conclusion

Answer 22

individual judgements are affected by majority influenced.

conformed due to social influence.

Question 23

definition of group size?

Answer 23

the no. of members within a social group.

Question 24

definition of unanimity?

Answer 24

the degree to which the group members are in agreement with each other

Question 25

definition of task difficulty?

Answer 25

how obvious the correct answer is.

Question 26

Asch’s original study: why did he want a variation of group size?

Answer 26

1. to know if more people made group agreements

2. add more members

Question 27

Asch’s original study: what did he realise about group size?

Answer 27

3 ppl is enough to rise conformity levels up to 31.8%

Question 28

Asch’s original study: why did he want a variation of unanimity?

Answer 28

he wanted to know if the presence of a non conforming person will change the level of conformity

Question 29

Asch’s original study: what did he realise about unanimity?

Answer 29

people would be more independent if they had someone else disagreeing.

Question 30

Asch’s original study: why did he want a variation of task difficulty?

Answer 30

when he made the task harder it showed that people look at other people for guidance.

Question 31

Asch’s original study: what did he realise about unanimity?

Answer 31

increased under these conditions.