Variable Affecting Conformity 1 - Task difficulty Flashcards
in addition to his earlier work, what was Asch able to use to investigate factors which may influence conformity?
The paradigm he developed.
How did Asch use the paradigm he developed to investigate factors which may influence conformity?
By changing the procedure (independent variables) to see which factors influenced the level of conformity (dependent variable).
How did Asch change the study to increase the difficulty of the task?
The lines were made to look more ciliate.
What did Asch find as the task become harder?
Conformity increased.
Why did conformity increase?
Because the task become more ambiguous so people were conforming to be right rather than to be liked.
Explaing why the task being more ambiguous and people conforming to be right rather than to be liked would increase the conformity?
Because when we are uncertain, it seems we look to others for conformation.
From normative social influence to informational social influence.
