Asch's line study

• what was the aim of the study?

  to see if the subject would conform to group pressure.
• what method was used in the lab study?

  lab experiment.
• what sample was used?


  males from a college in America.
• what was the procedure used?


  which line matches the length of the test line.
• what were the findings?

  that the subject conformed when he needed to speak out loud but when he only had to write it down he didn't conform.
• which explanation of conformity can Asch's study be used to support and why?


  normative social influence because the subjects would say the wrong answer in public but when he had to write it down his personal beliefs did not agree with their answer.