PSYCHOLOGY CUSTOM PACKAGE
PSYCHOLOGY CUSTOM PACKAGE
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ISBN: 9781323128909
Author: Pearson
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Chapter 12.2, Problem 1TC
Summary Introduction

To determine:

A time or situation when an individual conformed to the actions of a groups of friends, even though he disagreed with their actions.

Introduction:

Groupthink occurs when individuals within a group feel that it is more important to maintain the integrity and cohesiveness of a group rather than to consider the facts realistically.

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The things that might have kept the individual from objecting based on Asch’s studies and studies on groupthink.

Introduction:

In 1951, Solomon Asch conducted first of his studies with seven participants on conformity in an experiment on visual judgment. Asch found out that confederates mattered as: conformity increases with the addition of each new confederate until there were four confederates. It was also observed that conformity decreases if there was just one confederate that gave the accurate answer.

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