L3 - Asch

Question 1

What % of participants conformed to at least one of 18 trials?

Answer 1

75%

Question 2

What % conformed on every trial?

Answer 2

5%

Question 3

3 variables which affect conformity?

Answer 3

Group size
Task difficulty
Unanimity

Question 4

Rate of conformity with 1 confederate

Answer 4

3%

Question 5

How was task difficulty tested?

Answer 5

Making answer lines more similar in length to the standard line

Question 6

Effect of task difficulty?

Answer 6

Harder the task, the more conformity

Informational social influence - don’t know the correct answer for certain so look to others and agree

Question 7

Effect of unanimity?

Answer 7

All unanimous - 33%
One confederate against majority - 5%
Confederate against but gave wrong answer - 9%

Question 8

Evaluation related to validity

Answer 8

No temporal validity
Post-war - work together attitude to rebuild
May have made conformity more likely

Question 9

Evaluation related to gender bias and culture bias?

Answer 9

Only white men
Beta bias - no women
May not reflect other cultures

Question 10

Evaluation related to mundane realism?

Answer 10

Task unlikely to need to be done in real life
Conformity in social context, not strangers
Lacks mundane realism and ecological validity

Question 11

Confederates gave wrong answer on how many trials?

Answer 11

12 of 18

Question 12

% that conformed with 2 confederates

Answer 12

13%

Question 13

% that conformed with 3 confederates

Answer 13

32%

Question 14

% that conformed with 4+ confederates

Answer 14

Not much difference to with 3 confederates so group size is only effective up until 3 people