Jennes (1932)

Question 1

What was the aim of Jenness (1932)?

Answer 1

To discover if participants would change their answer based on a group estimate for a difficult task

Question 2

What was Jenness (1932)’s method?

Answer 2

• Jenness asked participants to estimate the number of beans in a glass jar- it was ambiguous and they couldn’t know the correct answer
• Initially, participants estimated individually, they were then put into groups and asked to provide a group estimate
• After this they were once more asked if they would like to stick with or change their initial answer

Question 3

What was the results of Jenness (1932)?

Answer 3

• Jenness found that nearly all participants changed their answer and brought it closer to the group estimate
• Average rate of change was higher amongst females

Question 4

Evaluation of Jenness (1932)?

Answer 4

When ordinary people are unsure of what right thing to do is they will look to others who they think have more knowledge than them