PSYC 2310 Lecture Notes - Collectivism, Milgram Experiment
19 Nov 2012
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Versions of asch"s experiment have been replicated in more than a dozen countries. Individualistic cultures: % errors, british unemployed blacks 39, us students 37, dutch students 24, british students 17, belgian students 14% Japanese sports club members 51: labanese students 31% Conformity tends to be higher in collectivistic cultures. Conformity tends to be higher in community sample than the students. Conformity tens to be higher in people who are higher in interdependent self, they identify highly with their group. Hunting and gathering societies and upper social segments of industrial societies, are low in conformity. Agricultural societies and lower social segments of industrial societies are high in conformity. Berry correlated the degree of independence with the samples position on an ecocultural dimension. He found a correlation of . 70 between ecocultural dimension of self-reliance and independence or noncomformity. Obedience is conformity in response to the commands of an authority figure.
