Asch's study Flashcards
ASCH- Asch’s study was done in…
1956
ASCH- Asch’s study had - participants
they were all…
123
white, male, American undergraduates
ASCH- The confederates gave clearly incorrect answers on - out of - trials
12, 18
ASCH- In the 12 critical trials, -% conformed
36.8%
ASCH- participants said they conformed because…
they didn’t want to seem peculiar or to anger others
ASCH- what questions were participants asked?
which line is longest, A, B, C or D?
ASCH- what was Asch studying?
conformity
ASCH- what happened when the task was made more difficult?
conformity increased
ASCH- who recreated Asch’s study and when?
Perrin and Spencer, 1980
ASCH- did Asch’s study have temporal validity?
no, as it was done during a period of McCarthyism, and Perrin and Spencer’s study found far lower conformity levels, so the study may not be accurate today.
ASCH- what did Asch’s study lack?
mundane realism
ASCH- what are the weaknesses of Asch’s study?
lacked mundane realism, demand characteristics may be inaccurate, artificial behaviour, lack of temporal validity, bot NSI and ISI occurred simultaneously, contradicting his theory.
ASCH- when participants wrote their answers down as opposed to saying them aloud, conformity dropped to…
12.5%
ASCH- what are the strengths of Asch’s study?
Spencer and Perrin found less conformity in engineering students proving influence of ISI, conformity dropped when written down, NSI was more prevalent in some than others.
