Ash Study Flashcards
As the group increases..
Conformity rates increase but only to an extent
One real particpent and one confederate
3%
Two confeds and one real particpent
13 percent
Three Confeds and one real particpent?
32 percent
Unnamity
Complete agreement
As one particpent gave the correct answer what did conformity rates drop to ?
5.5%
What did Asch conclude ?
When Dissenter breakers the group unanimous position conformity decreases
When lone confederate gave ans that was diffrent from majority and correct anweser
Conformity dropped to 9 percent
When task difficulty increase
Conformity rates increase
How does isi play a great role when task become harder ?
When suitations are unclear we are more likely to look to others for guidance
( Task difficulty)what happened
Asch made stimulus lines and comparison lines more similar in length so correct answer was less obvious
Why was asch study culture bias
As only 123 American male student were used therefore difficult to generalise to non western cultures
Why does this support nsi
Nsi because participants confirmed publicly not privately in order to be accepted by the group
What type of method was used
Lab experiment
How were particpents individually place?
Into groups with 7 to 9 confederates
