How Is Solomon Asch's Experiment Related To Asch Theory
Solomon Asch, a social psychologist had a hypothesis and he decided to test an experiment based on his hypothesis. Asch's hypothesis theory was... Would people still conform to the group if the group opinion was clearly wrong? Well, to test his theory he chose a simple and objective task with an obvious answer. A group of people sat at a table and viewed a series of cards, on one side of each of the card was a standard line and on the other side were three comparison lines. Now, the individual's tasks were to indicate if the comparison line was the same length as the standard line. There is a catch to Asch experiment and there was only one real participant and the other people were phonies and knew about Asche experiment. Well, when the first card was shown, the other five individuals respond before the participant and say the obvious answer is line B and when it becomes the participant's turn they say line B as well. Therefore, when the second card is held up the group is unanimous in a vote and again the answer is obvious. Well, Asch decided to change up the experiment and shows the third card and again the answer is obvious but someone shouts out, line A and then everyone else follows except the participant. The participant knows the real answer is line C but is mentally confused because all of the other members which he also thinks is participants are in the study and are saying its line A
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Apparently, people conform for two main reasons: because they want to fit in with the group or because they believe the group is better informed than they are and Asch experiment concluded this and tested that his hypothesis was
Apparently, people conform for two main reasons: because they want to fit in with the group or because they believe the group is better informed than they are and Asch experiment concluded this and tested that his hypothesis was