The Influence of Group Pressure: Asch's Experiment on Conformity

📏 The experiment involves perceiving the lengths of lines.

🔍 Participants are asked to determine which line on the right is equal in length to the line on the left.

👥 One person in the group is the real subject, while the others are instructed to give wrong answers.

Subjects in Asch's experiment went along with the group on 37% of the critical trials.

Participants in the experiment yielded to the group due to a distortion of their judgment.

Some subjects knew they were right but still went along with the group to avoid discomfort.

⚖️ In the Asch experiment, subjects conform to the group's incorrect answers, even when they know they're wrong.

🤝 Adding a partner who gives the correct response significantly reduces the subject's conformity.

👥 The power of the group comes from the unanimity of its opposition, and once that unanimity is punctured, conformity decreases.

🔍 Ash's experiment explores normative conformity and the impact of group pressure on individual behavior.

🔢 In a variation of the experiment, subjects are given immunity from criticism, resulting in a significant drop in conformity.

🧪 The experiment allows researchers to study the factors that increase or decrease conformity.