asch’s research

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  • what did asch propose?
    visual perception task
    asked to say which line was the longest
  • Who conducted research on conformity?
    Solomon Asch
  • What was a crucial contribution of Asch's research?
    It demonstrated how decisions can lead to errors
  • What type of task did Asch use in his study?
    Visual perception task
  • What did participants have to identify in Asch's study?
    Which line was the longest
  • What was the role of the confederates in Asch's study?
    They purposely gave the wrong answer
  • How many American male undergraduates participated in Asch's study?
    123 participants
  • How many confederates were in the group with the naive participant?
    Between six and eight confederates
  • What did the naive participant not know about the others?
    They were confederates
  • How many trials did each participant take part in?
    18 trials
  • How many 'critical trials' involved confederates giving wrong answers?
    12 critical trials
  • What percentage of the time did the naive participant give a wrong answer?
    36.8% of the time
  • What does the term "Asch effect" refer to?
    The extent of conformity in unambiguous situations
  • Why did most participants conform according to interviews?
    To avoid rejection (normative social influence)
  • What did Asch investigate in his variations of the study?
    Conditions affecting conformity levels
  • What was the effect of group size on conformity according to Asch?
    Conformity rose with three confederates
  • What happened to conformity when the group size increased beyond three confederates?
    No further impact on conformity
  • What was the effect of introducing a dissenting confederate?
    Conformity fell to 25%
  • How did Asch make the line-judging task more difficult?
    By making lines more similar in length
  • What was the effect on conformity when the task was made harder?
    Conformity increased if the answer was less obvious
  • What does ISI stand for in the context of Asch's research?
    Informational Social Influence
  • limitation of asch
    situation and task were artificial
  • what’s a limitation of asch research
    findings only apply to certain groups
  • what’s a strength of asch research
    supports task difficulty
  • what’s a limitation of asch research
    ethical issues
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