Solomon asch conducted a conformity experiment in which respondents were presented with lines of varying lengths and asked to select the line that most closely matched a separate line. covert research assistants were also present and were instructed to encourage respondents to select incorrectly. what were the results of this study?

The results of the Asch Experiment were pretty interesting and insightful on the matter of peer pressure, conformity, and how people adapt to these two depending on the conditions they were facing. Under pressure, thus, it was seen, that about 75% of the actual test subjects gave the wrong answer to at least one of the questions asked, proving that conformity is an issue in large groups where one person may have a dissenting opinion, or answer, on a matter.

Explanation:

The Asch Experiment was one research project of a series that was performed in the 1950´s, which was carried out by Solomon Asch, and which was later on repeated to ascertain the validity and accuracy of the original results found. The point of the Asch experimentation was to establish the role that peer pressure played in leading people towards conformity and assuming the behavior of a larger group. Essentially, the experiment proved that peer pressure, depending on the type, and the number of the larger group, a well as if there was at least one voice that agreed with the subject being tested, would change the outcome towards conformity. As such, in general, subjects would yield to the pressure of the larger group, unless there were changes made to it.