Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Asch (1951)
- Aim
- To investigate the effect of majority influence on conformity
- Procedure
- Sample
- 123 American students
- Volunteer
- Standard line vs Comparison line
- Asked which line matched the standard
- One participant with 6-8 confederates
- All confederates gave the same wrong answer
- 18 trials
- 12 critical trials
- Findings
- Participant gave the wrong answer 36.8% of the time
- 75% conformed at least once
- Conclusions
- Majority influence has a big effect on confomity