SI - ASCH RESEARCH. 1951 +1955 Flashcards
1
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WHEN WAS ASCH BASLINE?
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1951
2
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what was the procedure of asch baseline?
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- niave were tested individually
- put into a group with 6-8 confeds
- they were shown a line (X)
- then shown three mre lines
- two were obviously not the line
- confeds lied together to see if niave would conform
- there was 18 trials and they lied on 12
3
Q
what was the sample of asch baseline?
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- 123
- male
- american
- confedarates
4
Q
how many trials?
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- 18
- confeds lied on 12
5
Q
what were asch variables?
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- unaminity
- group size
- task difficulty
6
Q
describe unaminity and its findings
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- wanted to see if a non-conforming confederate would influence conformity
- it did
- conformity decreased to 1/4 of the baseline study
7
Q
describe task difficulty and its findings
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- lines more similar
- conform more
- this links to informational social influence - plays more of a role when situations are hard
8
Q
what were findings of bassline?
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- conformed 36.8% of the time
- 25% never
- 75% at least once
- after, they said they conformed due to social approval and fear of judgement
9
Q
Evaluate asch baseline
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- lack of temporal validity - Perrin and spencer replicated 30 years later and only 1/396 engineer students conformed1.
2.Lacks ecological validity - lab - lines - not reflective of the real world - cannot be generalised - decreases validity
- sample bias - 123 men - women are said to be more likely to conform said Neto - cannot generalise - decreases validity
- demand characteristics - were in a study and may have gone along with what was being said because they thought they had to for the experiment - this means conformity may be lower than thought - decreases validity
10
Q
who replicated aschs study in engineer students?
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perrin and spencer - 30 years later
