Asch's Conformity Experiment 1 by https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23 A summary of a classic study in Social Psychology en-us 2023-04-19 17:55:40 UTC 2026-01-17 16:36:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4dd.png Asch (by sunmi, victoria, daniel) gcgs1 https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548082 Solomon Asch was a 20th century psychologist best known for his experiment in social conformity called the Asch paradigm or Asch conformity experiment .]]> 2023-04-19 17:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548082 What were the aims of the research? gcgs1 https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548083 The aim of the Asch conformity research was to investigate the extent to which people will conform to the opinions of others, even if those opinions were clearly wrong.]]> 2023-04-19 17:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548083 What was the study design? What methods were used? The study design used was a laboratory experiment design. gcgs1 https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548085 PARTICIPANTS
There were 50 male student from Swarthmore college in America.
PROCEDURE
The participant were shown a series of lines and were asked to match the length of a standard line with three comparison lines. The participants were placed in groups, and the other members of the groups were instructed to give wrong answers on purpose. The researchers then recorded whether the participant would conform to the wrong answers given by the group or stick to their own correct answer. The experiment used both control groups (without confederates) and experimental groups(with confederates).]]> 2023-04-19 17:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548085 What were the results/findings? How can we interpret the results? gcgs1 https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548088 RESULTS
The results of the Asch conformity research showed that participant conformed to the incorrect answers given by the group on about one-third of the trial, in order words, about 75% of participants conformed at least once during the experiment.

INTERPRETATION
 The result can be interpreted as the power of social influence and the pressure to conform to group norms. This suggests that social influence can lead people to act in ways that are inconsistent with their own beliefs and values.]]> 2023-04-19 17:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548088 Further comments gcgs1 https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548090 The ideas in this study are still important because it shows how people can be affects or influenced by the majority. It is also important to know that participant in this study were not acting out of personal conviction but rather influenced by the group. An example of conformity could be a group of friends going out to eat and agreeing on a restaurant that one of the suggest, even some of them have different preferences or opinions about where to eat. in this situation,, the group members conform to the opinion of the person who suggested the restaurant, rather than expressing their own preferences. This can happen due to the desire to avoid conflict or to maintain social harmony within the group.]]> 2023-04-19 17:55:40 UTC https://padlet.com/gcgs1/milgram_Apr23/wish/2560548090