The Experiment
This is the main human behavior tested in this experiment.
What is conformity?
This is the name of the psychologist who designed and conducted this famous experiment in 1951.
Who is Solomon Asch?
This is the percentage of participants who completely resisted the pressure and never conformed to the group.
What is 25%?
Join the other participants or follow your own opinion.
What is the dilemma facing the person being tricked ?
This is the major historical event that had ended a few years earlier and pushed the psychologist to want to understand why people follow orders blindly.
What is World War II?
Online crowds exert immense pressure to conform to groupthink
What modern example of this experience exists?
This is the total number of "critical rounds" during which the actors intentionally gave the wrong answer.
What is 12 rounds?
Defend the facts and reason itself against hostile crowds or majority opinion.
What advice drawn from Solomon Asch's experience is given to us?
Unlike normative influence, this is the type of influence where the individual conforms because they assume the majority must be right.
What is informational influence?