PSYC 61580 Study Guide - Stanford Prison Experiment, Solomon Asch
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Task: which of the lines on the left most closely matches line a on the right . Results: when alone, 95% of participants answered every trial correctly, but 75% went against their own eyes at least once if the group gave a, 14/50 conformed 10 or more times out of 18 trials! wrong answer. Compliance involves publicly acting in accord with an implied or explicit request while privately disagreeing: be able to explain the techniques involved in compliance (we discussed four). requests. Foot-in-the-door technique: start with small requests then progressively larger: works because the person feels obligated after agreeing to the first thing so they agree to the second, example: clean air pin . Door-in-the-face technique: first, large request (typically rejected), then second, smaller request (typically accepted): works because feel obligated to go with smaller request after rejecting, ex: opposite of foot-in-the-door example larger request. That"s-not-all technique: offered something initially, then something more added.
