A 2005 variation on this experiment used functional MRI and 3-dimensional objects, noting that the part of the brain keen on perception was most active in its subjects.
A 2005 variation on this experiment used functional MRI and 3-dimensional objects, noting that the part of the brain keen on perception was most active in its subjects. This experiment was itself a follow-up to Sharif's autokinetic effect study and found that a "true partner" superseded a "compromise partner." Seven confederates were used in most iterations, though the results held for as few as three and found that a third of people agreed with the confederates' consensus on an answer. For 10 points, identify this experiment asking people to verbally match two obviously equal-length lines, finding that the pressures to conform are often too much.
A 2005 variation on this experiment used functional MRI and 3-dimensional objects, noting that the part of the brain keen on perception was most active in its subjects.
{Asch} conformity experiment [prompt on {conformity} before mentioned]