Question

Solomon Asch set up an experimental situation in which participants were asked to identify which of three comparison lines were identical to a standard line. His research was designed to answer a straightforward question, namely:_________.

Answer 1

Would people still conform to the group if the group opinion was clearly wrong?

Step-by-step explanation:

Solomon Asch conducted an experiment to determine the extent to which social pressure influences an individual to conform.

In his experiment, he presented the participants with a card, with a line drawn on it, and a second card with three lines labelled A, B and C.

They were to choose which of the three lines on the second card exactly matched the single line on the 1st card.

Solomon Asch planted some fake participants (known as confederates) to intentionally state the wrong answer for others to hear.

He realized that even though the correct answer was obvious, about 75% of participants in the experiment gave the wrong answer just to conform with the group's general answer.