Asch's research-conformity Flashcards

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What was the procedure?

A

Ken card had a standard line and the other card had 3 comparison lines

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2
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Who were the participants?

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123 American males

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3
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How many confederates were in each group?

A

6-8

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4
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How many critical trials were there?

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12/16 trials

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5
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What were the findings?

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75% of participants confirmed on at least one of the trials

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6
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What did qaulatative data reveal?

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Participants conformed to avoid rejection

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7
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What were the three variations Asch used?

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Group size, unamity and task difficulty

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8
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What happened when group size was varied?

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When there were 3 confederates there was a 32% conformity rate and less there was very low conformity

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9
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What happened when unamity was varied

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When the participant was given a partner conformity reduced significantly

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10
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What happened when the task difficulty was varied?

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Conformity increased when the lines were similar due to ISI

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11
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What happened when Perimeter and Spence repeated the experiment 30 years later?

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Only 1 out of 396 students conformed, this may be due to change is social norms of the engineering students felt for confident

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12
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Can we genralise the findings?

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No as it only uses American males

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13
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Does the experiment have good ecological validity?

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No as the task lack mundane realism

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14
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What did Williams and Soon find was a factor in conformity?

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When the group was friends conformity was higher

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15
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What were the ethical issues?

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Selection however participants were debreifed

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