Conformity in the Asch Experiment

Larsen, Knud S.

doi:10.1080/00224545.1974.9923224

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“…One explanation may be that when kinship and local ties are high, individual identity and authority are ceded to the group. For instance, the 1950s in the U.S. was characterised by high civil social capital (e.g., Putman, 2000) but some social critics argued that it was also a time of heightened conformity to group pressure (e.g., Larsen, 1974). What is interesting about this explanation is that it ties conformity and external Locus of Control to economic development, rather than to political or military events (i.e., the data for the present study was collected more than 50 years after the last world war).…”

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Adult economic model and values survey: Cross-national differences in economic beliefs

Allen

Leiser

2005

Journal of Economic Psychology

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The present study investigated the extent to which the economic beliefs of participants from eight nations (Austria, France, Greece, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, and Turkey) co-varied with national differences in economic development and modernisation. We predicted and found that greater human capital is associated with more economic self-efficacy and economic satisfaction; less civil social capital and more government social capital are allied with greater economic efficacy and favourable views of the business world; and that individuals in nations with higher levels of modernisation have more sympathetic views of the economy. In addition, the nations differed on all beliefs surveyed, although discriminant analysis revealed that these differences largely fell along two dimensions; 1) perceptions of economic unfairness and support for price controls, and 2) economic satisfaction, Belief in Just World, and opposition to social welfare. The first dimension is associated with less modernisation, less government social capital, and Neoliberal/minimalist regimes, and the second dimension is linked to greater modernisation, less civil social capital, more government social capital, and the Socialist Welfare State. Implications on the relationship between personal beliefs and socio-economic structures are discussed. The Adult Economic Model and Values Survey (AEMVS), organised by David Leiser at BenGurion University of the Negev in Israel, is an international investigation of economic and related beliefs. The survey was carried out in eight countries: Austria, France, Greece, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, and Turkey. The theoretical issues underpinning the associations between economic beliefs and some psychosocial variables are advanced in Bastounis, Leiser and RolandLévy (in press). The aim of the present study is to explore cross-national differences in economic beliefs. In particular, given that the AEMVS measures individuals' beliefs concerning the economy and related matters (Belief in Just World, Locus of Control), it makes sense to us to structure the explorations of the cross-national differences in economic beliefs by assessing the extent to which those discrepancies co-vary with cross-national differences in economic development and modernisation. Besides considering how economic beliefs may vary across nations at different levels of development, we also take into account how economic beliefs may differ across nations at the same levels of modernisation but with different configurations (i.e., different levels of human and social capital and pace of development).

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Adult economic model and values survey: Cross-national differences in economic beliefs

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Leiser

2005

Journal of Economic Psychology

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“…We found that 82.5% (or 78.9% in peer condition) of all 5s conformed at least once, suggesting that conformity is again on the increase compared to the early 70's [Larsen (9) 62.5%, Z = 1. 79, P~.10], and approximating that of the sa's [Asch (2) 76.5%].…”

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“…Would conformity in the laboratory again correspond to these broader social changes as suggested by Larsen? To compare the conformity levels found in this study with those reported by Asch (2) and Larsen (9), the proportion of the 5 s conforming on one or more trials was calculated.…”

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“…Larsen (9) indicated that Asch completed his studies during a period when political activism among students was low, a time known for stifling dissent and unobtrusive students. He reasoned that students in the early 70's were Downloaded by [UQ Library] at 16:53 02 February 2015 motivated by many social concerns and would therefore manifest lower rates of conformity.…”

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Collaborator Status, Subject Characteristics, and Conformity in the Asch Paradigm

Larsen

Triplett

Brant

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The Journal of Social Psychology

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“…For a long time, women have been considered to be more conformist than men (Endler, Coward, & Wiesenthal, 1975;Geller, Endler, & Wiesenthal, 1973;Larsen, 1974;Zikmund, Sciglimpaglia, Lundstrom, & Cowell, 1984). Meta-analysis conducted by Eagly and Carli (1981) showed that the difference in conformity between men and women exists but is quite small.…”

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Do Men Conform More Than Women in the Recognition and Labeling of Emotions?

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Leugnerová²,

Dočekalová³

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Abstract:The study focuses on differences between women and men in recognizing negative emotions from facial expressions a nd the conformity of women and men while labeling the emotions. Previous research has indicated that women conform more than men when the stimuli used are more comprehensible for men. This research seeks to establish whether this phenomenon can be observed when the stimuli are more comprehensible to women. In this study, 24 women and 25 men labeled the facial expressions of negative emotions, first in private and subsequently in a group with four confederates. In private, women were more successful than men in recognizing facial expressions. However, no differences were observed between women and men in respect to conformity while being in a group. The results show that the displaying of emotions is a gender specific stimulus that does not affect conformity.

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Conformity in the Asch Experiment

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Adult economic model and values survey: Cross-national differences in economic beliefs

Adult economic model and values survey: Cross-national differences in economic beliefs

Collaborator Status, Subject Characteristics, and Conformity in the Asch Paradigm

Do Men Conform More Than Women in the Recognition and Labeling of Emotions?

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