Social Influence-factors Affecting Conformity Asch. Flashcards
Social ingluence factors affecting conformity Asch
-1 confed ,1 naive
= decrease to 4%
Social influence factors affecting conformity Asch
Unanimity is
Extent to which all agree
Social influence factors affecting conformity Asch
-1 vonnfed always give right answer =
decreased to 5.5%
Social ingluence factors affecting conformity-
3 confeds ,1 naive =
Decrease to 31.8%
Social ingluence factors affecting conformity
Aschs
1 dissenter gives a different wrong answer =
Decreased to 9%
Social ingluence factors affecting conformity Aschs
1 confed gives right answer somtimes and wrong answer other times =
Decrease to 25%
Social influence factors affecting congormity Aschs
Unanimities effects
Breaking groups unanimity ,major factor in reducing conformity
Social ingluence factors affecting conformity Aschs
Task difficulty
Conformity I crease,more ambiguous
Social influence factors affecting conformity Aschs
High control
I’ve causing dv,task difficulty, group size,degree of unanimity.
Et al
Means and others
Supporting research for ISI and internalisation
Sherif-asked participants to estimate how far direction of light moved,optical illusion,asked alone then in group,found estimation changed ,more like groups.
High control for VARIABLES affecting conforrmity
Experimental method ,EV reduced cause and effect
Lab IV(task difficulty,unanimity,group size ) causing DV (participant answers)
So high validity
Limited sample ,low pop val- VARIABLES affecting conformity
123 male students,gender biasy,not representative of female behaviour,Neto 1995 said women want more liked,
Bad cus task difficulty,group size,unanimity difficult to generalise.low external val
Research support VARIABLES affecting conformity
Task difficulty
TODD LUCAS 2006
Participants sole easy and hard qs students (not real)gave answers fro the 3 students.most conformed on difficult qs
Counterpoint to research support VARIABLES affecting conformity
Research found to be more complex than aschs suggested .Lucas et al study found high standards in maths abilities conformed less on hard tasks than those with more confidence .shows individual differences can effect likelihood of conforming