social influence

Question 1

what was asch’s aim

Answer 1

too see what people what extend other conform to the opinions of everyone

Question 2

what are the 3 variable of asch’s theory

Answer 2

1) group size
2) unaminity
3) task difficulty

Question 3

asch’s group size variable

Answer 3

asch wanted to know whether the size of the grp would be more important than the agreement of the group

Question 4

group size
procedure and results

Answer 4

asch tested this
he varied the total number of confederated from 1-15.
He found a curvilinear relationship between group sixe and conformity

Question 5

asch’s unanimity variable

Answer 5

asch wanted to see if the presence of non - conforming person would affect the naive participant’s conformity

Question 6

asch’s unanimity
procedure and results

Answer 6

he introduced a new confederate who disagreed with other confederates.
so in one variation the new confederate gave the correct answer and in other variation, the new confederate gave a different wrong answer

the rate decreased to less than a quarter of its level

Question 7

asch’s task difficulty

Answer 7

asch wanted to know whether making the task harder would affect the degree of conformity

Question 8

unanimity procedure and results

Answer 8

he increased the difficulty of the line judging task by making the stimulus line and the comparison line more similar too each other, by making it harder for the participant to see.

asch found the conformity has increased

Question 9

evaluation of asch
limitation

Answer 9

one limitation of asch’s research is that the task and situation were artificial.
participant knew were they in a research study and may simply have went along with what was expected (demand characteristic)

Asch’s participant were american men , other research suggests that women may be more conformist as they are more scared about social relationship