The Asch Conformity Experiment
This is a famous example of the temptation (overwhelming
desire?) to conform. This series of experiments conducted in the 1950s placed
one subject in a room full of actors. The person conducting the experiment held
up an image with three numbered lines and asked each person in the room to
identify the longest line. The actors purposely chose the incorrect line in
order to determine whether the subject would answer honestly or simply go along
with the group answer. The results showed that people tend to conform in group
situations.
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