Psychology pupils undertook a study on conformity

Psychology pupils undertook a study on conformity...

On Wednesday 3^rd November, some of the L6^th Psychologists completed one of the most famous Social Psychology studies - Asch’s Line Study, if you want to know more about the study please follow the link - https://www.simplypsychology.org/asch-conformity.html.

The pupils set up the experiment as if they were doing an actual experiment, they recruited people as they walked back through the Old House courtyard, in total we had 17 participants and a range of males and females. We had 7 confederates (people who are part of the study) who sat in a line, and the one participant at the end, this was a 3^rd or 4^th Form Pupil. The confederates gave the wrong answer consistently and we wanted to see what the participant at the end of the line would do. In Asch’s original experiment, Asch found that conformity rate to the majority was 33% on 12 critical trials. Within our school, we found that conformity rate was 25% which was similar to Asch’s study. The biggest similarity for the two studies was the amount of errors that happened throughout the whole study. With Asch’s study it was 75% of participants made at least one mistake, in our study this rate was 70%. Overall it was a really positive experience for the pupils to take part in a Psychological bit of research.

Kirsty Fear - Head of Psychology

Last night pupils from @KingsBruton Psychology Department recreated the famous Asch’s Line Study on Conformity. Over the next few weeks we will look at what the data has showed about conformity. pic.twitter.com/moVJxSeAID

— King's Bruton Psychology (@KSBPsychology) November 4, 2021