Question

In Ross et al.’s (1976) experiment on conformity, subjects listened to two consecutive tones and were asked to judge which tone was longer. The subjects made these judgments alongside other ostensible subjects, who were actually confederates of the experimenter and not true subjects. The researchers manipulated the incentive structure that these other “subjects” (i.e., confederates) were thought to be operating under. In one condition, the true subjects thought that the other subjects were paid equal amounts if they accurately judged tone 1 or tone 2 as the correct tone. In another condition, the true subjects thought that the other subjects were paid 10 times more if they correctly identified tone 2 than if they correctly identified tone 1. The researcher’s main interest in this study was in the subjects’ tendency to conform when the other subjects all incorrectly first identified tone 2 as the correct tone. What was the main result of this study and how do its results shed light on the underlying explanation for conformity in Asch’s original experiment? What is your best estimate of what would have happened to rates of of conformity in this study if the confederate subjects had incorrectly indicated that tone 1 (the one they were paid less to identify correctly) was the tone they had heard? Draw your own inference about the likely result and explain your thinking in coming to this answer.

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Part 1) The main result of the study is

In one condition, the genuine subjects believed that different subjects were paid equivalent sums in the event that they precisely made a decision about tone 1 or tone 2 as the right tone.

The specialist's primary enthusiasm for this examination was in the subjects' inclination to acclimate when different subjects all mistakenly first recognized tone 2 as the right tone.

In another condition, the genuine subjects believed that different subjects were paid multiple times more in the event that they accurately distinguished tone 2 than if they effectively recognized tone 1.

Part 2)

My best estimate for confirmity and mg thinking is-

In Ross et al s. (1976) investigate congruity, subjects tuned in to two continuous tones and were approached to decide which tone was longer.

The subjects made these decisions close by other apparent subjects, who were really confederates of the experimenter and false subjects.

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