Aschs Research With Variations

Question 1

What happened to the conformity levels when the group size increased (starting at 1 people)

Answer 1

Conformity levels increased up to the 3 people then levelled off

Asch varied group size from 2 to 16

Question 2

What happened when Asch placed a dissenter (confederate in the group)

Answer 2

Conformity levels reduced

Question 3

What happened with the task got harder

Answer 3

When the task got more difficult conformity increased