Solomon Asch Conformity Case Study

Humans interact with other people through words and actions. For an example, when in doubt in trying to solve a problem, sometimes copying or following a leader or the closet person seems like a viable option to find a solution. In social psychology, conformity deals with fitting within a group, and the need to change behavior or action to agree with a majority. This conformity can be seen anywhere from a person simply writing some notes down when the rest of the class does so. Solomon Asch did an experiment to test conformity within a group of eight male undergraduate students. He observed only one student that was not told anything before hand, and wonder if he would conform with the wrong answer the majority will say. Overall, the conformity rate was low, about one-third, but this only showed only one perspective of a social situation. My own experiment will answer the following question: Is the conformity rate between males and females different when presented with images that may or may not have correct answers. For a long time, people have argued that males or females are superior in many aspects like being correct all the time or

For example, Solomon Asch’s original conformity experiment and other similar experiments and case studies based on Asch’s experiment. The secondary sources that will be utilized are scholarly journals, magazine articles, and books that explain conformity and that disapprove Asch’s experiment as flawed. I will conduct my own conformity experiment using college students at LSC-North Harris and gather data. Once I gather enough data, I will compare my own experiment results with that of other similar experiments from my initial sources that I found. I plan analyze if any correlation exists with other experiment results and exam if my hypothesis about gender conformity is true. If my initial hypothesis is wrong with the data I have collected, then I will come up with a conclusion based on the