Asch Study Flashcards
What was the aim (ash study)
to see if participants would conform by giving incorrect answers
how many real participants were there
123
what were the confederates instructed to do
to give the wrong answers on 12 of the 18 trials
what was the overall conformity rate
36.8%
how many didn’t conform at all
25%
what did Asch conclude
some conformed due to experiencing NSI, to avoid rejection
others conformed due to experiencing ISI as they doubted their own judgement
what’s two limitation
artificial task
low generalisability
what did Susan Fiske (2014) argue
they didn’t really resemble groups that we experience in everyday life
what does other research suggests
women may be more conformist because they are more concerned about rejection
one strength
it’s replicable
what did Todd Lucas et Al find
participants conformed more often when the maths problems became harder
