variables affecting conformity

Question 1

what’s group size

Answer 1

little conformity when just 1 or 2 confederates, asch found that 3 was enough to create conformity.

rate of majority increased as the size of the majority influence increased

Question 2

group size study

Answer 2

fairey y suggest group size may have different effect depending on type or judgement being made so if everyone conformed they’ll know they’re wrong and give right answer

Question 3

unanimity (giving wrong answers)

Answer 3

asch found breaking unanimity would reduce conformity.
asch placed confederate 2nd to last before real participant was able to give answer, instructed to give correct answers, conformity went from 33% to 5.5%

Question 4

difficulty of task

Answer 4

asch made difference between lines less obvious in one variation and found task difficulty increased as well as conformity

Question 5

asch line study procedure

Answer 5

ambiguous task, 123 males, looked at 3 lines of different lengths, took turns to call out which 3 lines they thought were the same length as standard line Ab or C. real participant answered 2nd to last
12/18 trails, confederates were asked to given wrong answer

Question 6

findings

Answer 6

12 critical trails, conformity rate was 33%. half conformed on 6 or more trials and 1in20 conformed to all 12 trails. changed public behaviour to avoid disapproval from group.

Question 7

limitation

Answer 7

research might be child of it’s time - look place in particular period of history where conforming was important, PERRIN AND SPENCER attempted to repeat asch study, obtained only 1 conforming oiy of 369 trials

Question 8

limitation

Answer 8

problem with determining effect of group soze - BOND suggested limitation of research in conformity is studies have used limited range of majority sizes

Question 9

gender bias and cultural bias