Variable Affecting Confirmity

Question 1

Describe the variable group size.

Answer 1

Conformity increased with group size from 3% with one confederate to 33% with 3 confederates.

Question 2

Describe the variable unanimity.

Answer 2

If a confederate just before the participant disagrees with majority and gives correct answer conformity drop by 5%
Emotional support.

Question 3

Describe the variable task difficulty.

Answer 3

Asch made the difference between the like lengths much smaller and found that conformity increased when task was more difficult. ISI effect.

Question 4

Ao3 of variable affecting.

Answer 4

Pts may have pretended to conform thinking this is what they expected from experiment.

Only men used- cannot be generalised.

Mundane realism- not a task we would do in real life.