Asch Experiment

Asch Experiment

What do these experiments tell us about the way in which individuals respond to group pressure?

The experiments shown in the videos demonstrate the Group conformity behavior. A term used for the situation studied extensively by Solomon Asch in his investigations of conformity. The subject is one member of a group of people who are asked to make judgments about various stimuli (e.g. which of two lines is longer). Unknown to the subject, all other members of the group are stooges who deliberately agree that the erroneous answer is the correct one. Such circumstances allow for the assessment of ...