Conformity: Asch's Research

Question 1

Procedure

Answer 1

Confederates deliberately gave wrong answers to see if PPS would conform.

Question 2

Findings

Answer 2

Naive PPS conformed on 36.8% of trials.

25% never conformed.

Question 3

Variations

Answer 3

Conformity increased up to group size of four.
Dissenter reduced conformity.
Conformity increased when task was harder.