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Conformity

Everything on this site about conformity — each one naming the study behind it.

You assume the person next to you is fine.
The 'pluralistic ignorance' effect leads individuals to believe they are the only ones struggling while everyone else …
Your perception of reality shifts to match others.
In 1935, Sherif found that people converge on a shared estimate when viewing a stationary dot of light in a dark room.…
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.…
You look to strangers to decide which path is correct.
Asch's (1951) study showed that participants gave incorrect answers in approximately one-third (35.7%) of trials to ma…
You ignore your own senses to match the group.
Participants conformed on at least one trial 74% of the time, but the average conformity rate across all trials was ap…
Everyone follows a rule that no one actually likes.
A 1993 study found that students privately disliked campus drinking but believed peers enjoyed it.…
Your opinion shifts to match the perceived group consensus.
A 1951 study showed that participants would give a clearly incorrect answer just to align with the rest of the group.…
You conform to the group to avoid social discomfort.
A majority of participants conformed to an obviously incorrect group consensus on at least one occasion, though most i…
You will change your answer to fit the group.
A 1951 study found that 74% of participants gave at least one incorrect answer to a simple task to match the majority.…