Solomon Asch-Group Pressure Results:Asch found that the(genuine)participants conformed on 32%of the trials and only 26%of people never conformed. ● Conclusions:Even in an unambiguous(obvious)situation there is a strong group pressure to conform,especially if there is a unanimous(everyone else saying the same thing)majority. Evaluation:As with the Sherif experiment,it lacks ecological validity meaning it is not the sort of thing we would be doing on a day-to-day basis if ever.There is also the problem that he only used male and young (students) people,meaning that it is not possible to generalise the results to everyone as only a thin slice of society was tested. Academy Schools Biographies Datelines Bioscopes Who Am I? PSYography Internet Source for Biographies on Psychologists
Solomon Asch——Group Pressure Results: Asch found that the (genuine) participants conformed on 32% of the trials and only 26% of people never conformed. Conclusions: Even in an unambiguous (obvious) situation there is a strong group pressure to conform, especially if there is a unanimous (everyone else saying the same thing) majority. Evaluation: As with the Sherif experiment, it lacks ecological validity meaning it is not the sort of thing we would be doing on a day-to-day basis if ever. There is also the problem that he only used male and young (students) people, meaning that it is not possible to generalise the results to everyone as only a thin slice of society was tested. Academy Schools
TableEoRatesTrials for 3Subjects in the Asch Experiment Emor Rate Number of Subjes Pertaofub 0Erors 29 24 1-7Erors 59 49 8-12Emors 35 27 123 There are 12 different sets of cards. The results for 123 subjects showd 76 persent of them yielding to the group pressure and giving the wrong answer at least once
There are 12 different sets of cards. The results for 123 subjects showd 76 persent of them yielding to the group pressure and giving the wrong answer at least once
Fallacy,Cults,Religion and Group Pressure
Fallacy, Cults, Religion and Group Pressure