conformity study
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What is the experiment called?
Line perception test
Who created the study?
Asch
Who was in the study?
123 US male students
What is a line perception test?
Three lines of different lengths and then one line which the same length as one of them
Who are the Confederates?
In on the experiment and purposely give the wrong answer
Who is the naive participant?
They don’t know this is a conformity study they think it’s a line perception study
How many of the naive participants conformed
75% conformed at least once
What were the three variations of aschs study?
Group size
Unanimity
Task difficulty
Generalise ability
This study can’t be generalised as it was done by only US male university students
How reliable
This study can be replicated very easily
Validity
Low ecological validity as it was done an artificial setting and people don’t do line perception Tests
What are the ethical issues in the study?
Deception And protection from harm
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