Variations of Asch's Study

Question 1

how many variations of Asch’s is there?

Answer 1

3

Question 2

name all three of Asch’s variation

Answer 2

Size of the majority
Nature of task
Unanimity and dissenter

Question 3

what did the variation size of majority show?

Answer 3

conformity was low when small majority of 1-2
with a majority of 3 conformity raised to 30%
further increases did not sustainably increase conformity

Question 4

research conducted shown through a meta analysis that peak conformity was with how many confederates.

Answer 4

4-5

Question 5

what did the variation, nature of the task, show?

Answer 5

as task become more ambiguous, conformity increases
conformity increased when differences between the lines were smaller, task difficulty

Question 6

what unanimity mean?

Answer 6

everyone agreeing

Question 7

there was a decrease in conformity when?

Answer 7

Decrease in conformity when majority influence is NOT unanimous

Question 8

in Asch’s variation,unamity, 1 confederate went against the others (a dissenter) conformity dropped to what?

Answer 8

dropped from 32% to 5.5%