Variables Affecting Conformity✅

Question 1

Three variables affecting conformity

Answer 1

Group size
Difficulty of the task
Unanimity of the majority

Question 2

Group size

Answer 2

Asch found that conformity tends to increase as the group size increases. He specifically found that there was little conformity when the majority consisted of just one or two confederates. However under the pressure of three confederates the proportion of conforming responses jumped to around 30%

Question 3

Difficulty of the task

Answer 3

Asch found that situational differences are an important factor when determining conformity. He specifically found that under these circumstances the level of conformity increased

Question 4

Unanimity of the majority

Answer 4

Asch found that breaking the unanimity can be a major factor in reducing conformity levels. He specifically found that when the real participants were given the support of either a participant or confederate who had been instructed to give the right answers conformity levels dropped reducing the percentage of wrong answers from 33% to just5%

Question 5

Disadvantage of aschs study

Answer 5

Lab experiment so lacks ecological validity