CONFORMITY ASCH'S RESEARCH Flashcards
what is a strength of Asch’s research?
there is research to support it
what research is there to support Asch’s research?
Rosander
what did Rosander do?
made a poll on Facebook with confederates voting
what did the general public do on Rosander’s poll?
they conformed showing that Asch’s research is still relevant today
what does Rosander’s research increase?
the credibility of Asch’s research because it shows that people conform
what research is there to criticise Asch’s research?
Perrin and Spencer
Perrin and Spencer…
replicated Asch’s experiment with engineering students and found that only 1 student conformed out of 396 trials
what does Perrin and Spencer replication show?
shows that Asch’s research was carried out in a conformist time, 1950’s America w/ Red scare
Perrin and Spencer’s research shows that Asch’s research has low…
temporal validity because the Asch effect is no longer relevant to the society that we live in today
Asch’s experiment was very _____ and ppts could have had _____ ______________
very artificial and ppts could’ve had demand characteristics
how was Asch’s experiment artificial?
the act of comparing lines was very trivial and there was no consequence of conforming or not conforming
how could ppts exhibited demand charcateristics?
going along with the demands of the experiment with a group of strangers they didn’t know
the lack of ecological validity and demand characteristics decreases the….
generalisability of Asch effect because the consequences of conformity irl will be more important
Asch’s experiment has very limited….
application
how does Asch’s experiment have limited application?
it has limited application as it was done in USA, an individualist culture
only looks at men and not women
