Conformity (the Asch experiments)

Even on obvious questions, most of us will go along with the group rather than stand out.

Definition

The tendency to adjust one's stated beliefs or behaviour to match a group's, even when the group is visibly wrong, demonstrated in Asch's line-judgement studies.

Step 1

Predict first

In one or two sentences, what do you think this concept means? Wrong is fine; the small struggle is what makes the answer stick.