It's a fairy tale we (Americans) continually like to tell ourselves...that we are rugged individualists and mavericks.
There is a difference between the cultural emphasis (which there is, compared to, let's say, the collectivist emphasis in China) and actual behavior. I am sure that people in Asch's time believed that they were rebels too... Nancy Melucci Long Beach City College Long Beach CA -----Original Message----- From: Allen Esterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 4:09 am Subject: [tips] Asch conformity replication On 13 June 2008 Chris Green wrote: >A fellow at UC Santa Cruz has replicated Solomon Asch's >classic conformity study. >Yes, of course people are just as conforming as they were > in the '50s. :-) >Read about it here: http://ahp.yorku.ca/ I would have thought that the propensity of human beings to conform under the influence of peer pressure was a universal phenomenon. Discuss! Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London http://www.esterson.org --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
