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conformity
You change your opinion to avoid social isolation.
In a 1951 experiment, 74% of participants went along with an obviously incorrect group judgment at least once.
The finding was 74%, not 75%. Not all participants conformed purely to avoid disagreement; some reported they actually perceived the incorrect lines as matching.
You will deny your own senses to stay in the group.
Where this comes from
- Study
- Solomon Asch, 1951, Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- What the check found
- The percentage is slightly inflated; the study found 74%. Additionally, the motivation was not uniform across all subjects.
- Confidence
- Well replicated
Related
One of these every day, and every one names the study it came from. When a finding is contested, it says so.