In Asch’s classic study, 75% of the participants announced wrong answers in a task that required them to state which of three lines matched a "standard line." What psychological principle did the results of Asch’s experiment support?
The psychological principle that the results of Solomon Asch’s experiment supported was the conformity principle. Solomon found that 75% of participants gave wrong answers in a very simple task because they wanted to conform with the other participants of the group. The other 25% of the participants never conformed. Solomon also found that the participants gave the wrong answer because they wanted to fit in and because they thought the group knew better.
