Conformity is the “correspondence in form, nature, or character; agreement, congruity, or accordance” (“Conformity”). Asch and his team wanted to see how far a person could go without complying with the push of conformity. Asch pulled in test subjects and presented each with three card with different lengths of line. He then asked which line was correct. This happened multiple times, and on the last occurrence, all the other “subjects” - who were actually “confederates of the experiment” (Asch 32) - stated a wrong line. The study was to show who would state the wrong answer as well and who would stick to the correct answer. Around 75% of the testers went along with the wrong answer. (Asch 31-32).
Asch, then, changed some of the variables in the experiment – such as, but not limited to, having one person say the right answer, attraction to the group, size of the group, and the gender of the subject. When Asch had one person give the right answer, the number of subjects who gave the incorrect answer decreased by 70%.
This study showed people are subjected to conformity for the first time scientifically. It shows people will do anything to fit in with the group …show more content…
From my opinion, if more people were against my opinion or my thought, I would change what I was thinking. It also surprised that men would be so apt to pleasing people that would risk their life by not getting medical help to please the people they admire. I would never risk my life to make someone happy if no one else was suffering.
One question I had was: why does the culture change the amount of conformity and why did he not add this into his experiment? Instead someone else took his test and tested this theory. Another question I had while reading this is: why do so many people strive to please people? After all we are all humans with our own thoughts and opinions, so why do we change these opinions to impress other
Asch, then, changed some of the variables in the experiment – such as, but not limited to, having one person say the right answer, attraction to the group, size of the group, and the gender of the subject. When Asch had one person give the right answer, the number of subjects who gave the incorrect answer decreased by 70%.
This study showed people are subjected to conformity for the first time scientifically. It shows people will do anything to fit in with the group …show more content…
From my opinion, if more people were against my opinion or my thought, I would change what I was thinking. It also surprised that men would be so apt to pleasing people that would risk their life by not getting medical help to please the people they admire. I would never risk my life to make someone happy if no one else was suffering.
One question I had was: why does the culture change the amount of conformity and why did he not add this into his experiment? Instead someone else took his test and tested this theory. Another question I had while reading this is: why do so many people strive to please people? After all we are all humans with our own thoughts and opinions, so why do we change these opinions to impress other