research into conformity

Question 1

Aim of Aschs study ?

Answer 1

To see to what extent social pressure from a majority could cause a person to conform

Question 2

What kind of task did asch ask participants to participate in ?

Answer 2

A line judgment task

Question 3

What were the group sizes?

Answer 3

6-8

Question 4

What sample of participants did Asch use ?

Answer 4

123 male undergrads

Question 5

How did Asch add realism to the study?

Answer 5

Confederates gave a few right answers before they gave wrong ones

Question 6

How trials were there in total?

Answer 6

18

Question 7

What is unanimity?

Answer 7

Unanimity is the quality of having all members of a group unified in favor of the same thing

Question 8

What 3 variables affect conformity?

Answer 8

Group size, unanimity and task difficulty

Question 9

What evidence is there that group size influences conformity?

Answer 9

with 1 confederate conformity was 3%

with 3 confederates conformity was 32%

Question 10

What evidence is there that unanimity is important in conformity?

Answer 10

The presence of a fellow dissenter decreased conformity by 25%

Question 11

Link normative social influence to conformity?

Answer 11

When task difficulty was increased so did conformity levels in aschs study

Question 12

3 evaluations of aschs study ?

Answer 12

androcentric
age bias
small sample