Asch’s research

• How did Asch alter his group size variable?

  He changed the number of people in the group from 7 to between 2 and 15.
• How did Asch alter his task difficulty variable?

  He made the lines in his task much closer and harder to distinguish the correct answer.
• How did Asch alter his unanimity variable?

  He asked some of the confederates to give different answers to the majority.
• What are Asch's 3 variations of his conformity study?

  Group size, unanimity, task difficulty.
• What was Asch's task which he used to study social conformity?

  He showed a group of 7 people 4 lines and asked them to tell them which two were the same length. 6 of the 7 were actors that Asch instructed to give false answers to see if the participant would conform and give the wrong answer because everyone else was.
• What was the conclusion of Asch's task difficulty variable?

  If the participant is less confident in their answer due to the difficulty of the task, they are more likely to conform.
• What was the conclusion of Asch's unanimity variable?


  If the group's unanimous position is broken, then conformity decreases, even if the different answer provided is still incorrect.
• What was the conclusion to Asch's group size variable?

  Conformity reaches its highest level with a group of 3. Curved linear conclusion.
• What were the findings of Asch's initial conformity test?

  25% of the participants never conformed and 75% conformed at least once.