Variables Affecting Conformity

Question 1

What are the five factors that affect conformity?

Answer 1

Size of the group, unanimity, task difficulty, time and culture

Question 2

How does the size of the group affect conformity?

Answer 2

When there was only real participant and one confederate conformity dropped to 3%. When there was three confederates conformity rose to 32%. When there was 15 participants conformity dropped due to participants becoming suspicious

Question 3

How does unanimity affect conformity?

Answer 3

If one confederate went against the others conformity dropped from 32% to 5.5%.

Question 4

How does task difficulty affect conformity?

Answer 4

When the comparison lines were similar to each other, participants were more likely to conform to wrong answers

Question 5

How does time affect conformity?

Answer 5

Asch’s finding may have only reflected the attitudes of America in the 1950s towards conformity

Question 6

How does culture affect conformity?

Answer 6

Collectivist cultures strive for the good of the community, whereas individualist cultures value independence. Therefore collectivist cultures are more likely to conform