Variable Affecting Conformity 3 - Unanimity

Question 1

What happened in these variations?

Answer 1

The unanimity of the group was broken up and one confederate gave the correct answer.

Question 2

What happened originally in these variations?

Answer 2

The one confederate gave the same wrong answer.

Question 3

What happened when Asch instructed one confederate to Gove the right answer?

Answer 3

Conformity dropped from 33% to 5.5%.

Question 4

What was the conformity rate when a confederate gave a difference answer to the group - but an incorrect one?

Answer 4

9%

Question 5

Why was it easier not to conform in this variation?

Answer 5

Because the unanimity of the group had been punctured which made it loose its power.