Psychologists
Solomon Asch
Also Known As Shlaym (informal name used by friends)
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Solomon Asch (1907-1996) was a Polish-born American psychologist and a leading figure of the Gestalt school in America, known for work on impression formation, prestige suggestion and group conformity. His line-judgment conformity experiments, begun in the early 1950s at Swarthmore College, became a cornerstone demonstration of social influence on individual judgment.
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BirthplaceWarsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire 1 Death PlaceHaverford, Pennsylvania, U.S. 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionDemonstrated the influence of group pressure on individual judgment through his conformity experiments. 1 Notable WorkStudies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority (1956) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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He is most well known for his conformity experiments, in which he demonstrated the influence of group pressure on opinions.
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Haverford, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Studies of independence and conformity: I. A minority of one against a unanimous majority
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His friends called him Shlaym.
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