The Asch Conformity Experiments - gloria m

 In 1950, a psychologist by the name of Solomon Asch presented an experiment investigating how far a person would go to conform with the social pressure of a group. In this group, they had five confederates, which beforehand had agreed on presenting an incorrect answer, there was only one real participant which had the ability to give his own independent answer. The confederates would give their answers first before the participant gave his answer. This gave the participant enough time to analyze his choice and decide whether he would join the group’s incorrect answer or to state his own. The results were: 32% of the participants who were put in this experiment totally conformed with the group's incorrect answers. 75% of the participants conformed to at least once during the trials. 25% never conformed to the group of confederates. Later, the participants were interviewed and there were two main reasons why they conformed. The first one being because they did not want their answer to get ridiculed by the rest of the group. The second one being they believed because five of the people at the trial had said it, then their answer must have been correct. These results can even be found today. Daily, I see two doors when walking into a building. If one person goes into the school from the first door, many will follow the first person instead of opening the second door. I even do it. My first thought when I began thinking about this was, well it's because it's easier to get in through a door that is already open. Still, if someone opens a door and many people are behind that person and I still walk through the same door, I missed the opportunity to go through the second door, which would lead me to my destination faster.  Even when it comes to answering questions or giving opinions on something, the topic of conformity/social pressure still applies. 

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