Asch - Group size: Findings

• What relationship did Asch find between group size and conformity rate?

  Curvilinear
• Conformity increased with group size but only up to a point
• After how many additional confederates did conformity levels?

  Three
• With three confederates, what percentage did conformity rise to?

  31.8%
• What do the group size findings suggest?

  People are sensitive to the views of others