Psychology Chapter on Conformity

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A change in behavior/beliefs due to perceived group pressure.

Conformity increases with group size, but levels off after about 3 people.

Agreement within a group.

Harder tasks increase conformity as people assume the majority is correct.

A study showing conformity; used to test the impact of group size, unanimity and task difficulty.

A study designed to investigate the influence of a majority opinion on the individual's responses. Participants were misled into giving incorrect answers by confederates in a line judgment task.

Actors who are secretly part of the experiment, assisting the researcher in manipulating the study conditions.

An experimental procedure where participants were asked to identify which of three lines matched the length of a standard line. This was the task used to study conformity.

Trials in the experiment where confederates provided correct answers, used to establish a baseline understanding of how people responded when there was no social pressure for conformity.

Trials of the Asch Experiment where confederates gave predetermined incorrect answers, meant to induce conformity.

The presence of someone disagreeing with the group significantly reduces conformity.

When a task is difficult or unclear, conformity increases because individuals are less certain of their judgment.

Changing behavior to avoid rejection, but not necessarily believing in the group's views.

Adopting the behavior of a group, but not necessarily truly believing in it.

Adopting the behavior and deeply believing in the group's or person's viewpoint.

A study measuring the tendency of individuals to conform to a group's incorrect answers, despite their own observations.

About 32% of participants conformed to the evident wrong answers of confederates in critical trials; significantly increasing conformity with 3 confederates.

The influence exerted by a group, motivating individuals to conform for social approval and avoiding rejection or being excluded.

Conformity increases with a small unanimous group; beyond a certain number (e.g., 3), group size doesn't proportionally increase conformity pressure.

Conformity significantly increases with a small unanimous wrong group, while larger groups have a maximum effect.