Soloman Asch
1950’s
Asch conducted an experiment on conformity. In this experiment Asch placed eight subjects around a table; however, seven of these subjects new the real purpose of the experiment but pretended to be participants. Asch told the group the purpose of this experiment was to test one’s visual ability. The real purpose of the experiment was to test levels of conformity in a group setting. In turn the group was given an image of three lines of various length and the other image was a line which matched one of the lines in the set of three. The participants were asked a series of questions such as which line matched and which line was longest. There where eighteen trails and in twelve of the trails the controlled participants gave
1950’s
Asch conducted an experiment on conformity. In this experiment Asch placed eight subjects around a table; however, seven of these subjects new the real purpose of the experiment but pretended to be participants. Asch told the group the purpose of this experiment was to test one’s visual ability. The real purpose of the experiment was to test levels of conformity in a group setting. In turn the group was given an image of three lines of various length and the other image was a line which matched one of the lines in the set of three. The participants were asked a series of questions such as which line matched and which line was longest. There where eighteen trails and in twelve of the trails the controlled participants gave