PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Solomon Asch, Serge Moscovici, Idiosyncrasy
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In class experiment: switching seats with the people beside us, standing up and dancing along with a song, getting someone to do whatever they ask, taking their shirt off, giving a urine sample. Definitions: conformity is a change in behaviour or belief as a result of real or imaged pressure from others. Why conform: the need to know - you go with the flow, you want to see what the other kids are doing. 5m they could see a light at the end of the room, told to look at the light, and report if the light is moving, and if yes how much it"s moving. Light appears to move, but it"s not actually moving - visual illusion. Nothing you can anchor to the light because there is nothing else in the room. Different perceptions = varies from person to person.
