Social Psychology - Experiments

Question 1

Asch (1951) (conformity)

Answer 1

Line experiment, group of fake participants and one real one. Identified the lines that matched. All participants also judged solo beforehand (control trials). In control trials participants gave the wrong answer 0.7% of the time. In the critical trials participants conformed 37% of the time, 75% conformed at least once.

Question 2

Milgram (1963) (obedience)

Answer 2

A number of shock experiments with varying variables. Whether a “teacher” would obey authority to shock the “learner” in another room (though that variable was altered in a test as well). 65% of participants administered 450V and none stopped before 300V. Most showed obvious stress, sweating etc. Altered variables include, proximity, location, uniform etc

Issues with ethics, lying to participants

Question 3

Sherif (1935) (conformity)

Answer 3

Stationary dot, told it was moving, wasn’t, asked how much. Alone results varied but in groups their results converged.