Solomon Asch

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Solomon Asch was a pioneering social psychologist best known for his groundbreaking experiments on conformity and the influence of group pressure on individual judgments.

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Solomon Asch canonical 8
Asch conformity experiments 1

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instanceOf human ⓘ
psychologist ⓘ
social psychologist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in psychology ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Poland ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1907-09-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1996-02-20 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Max Wertheimer ⓘ
educatedAt College of the City of New York ⓘ
Columbia University ⓘ
employer Brooklyn College ⓘ
Rutgers University ⓘ
Swarthmore College ⓘ
University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
ethnicGroup Polish Jews ⓘ
familyName Asch ⓘ
fieldOfWork conformity research ⓘ
gestalt psychology ⓘ
impression formation ⓘ
social psychology ⓘ
givenName Solomon ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline experimental psychology ⓘ
influenced Stanley Milgram ⓘ
social psychology of conformity ⓘ
influencedBy Gestalt psychology ⓘ
Kurt Koffka ⓘ
Max Wertheimer ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movedTo United States of America ⓘ
movement Gestalt psychology ⓘ
nativeLanguage Polish ⓘ
notableConcept conformity experiment with line judgments ⓘ
notableFor Asch conformity experiments ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Asch

research on group pressure ⓘ
studies of independence and conformity ⓘ
notableWork Opinions and Social Pressure (1955) ⓘ
Social Psychology (1952) ⓘ
placeOfBirth Warsaw ⓘ
placeOfDeath Haverford, Pennsylvania ⓘ
positionHeld professor of psychology ⓘ
researchFocus conformity ⓘ
group pressure on individual judgment ⓘ
impression formation in person perception ⓘ
social influence ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
studied effects of majority opinion on individual judgments ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

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Kurt Lewin → influenced → Solomon Asch ⓘ
Max Wertheimer → influenced → Solomon Asch ⓘ
Solomon Asch → notableFor → Asch conformity experiments ⓘ
linked to: Solomon Asch
Asch → hasNotableBearer → Solomon Asch ⓘ
Stanley Milgram → influencedBy → Solomon Asch ⓘ
Stanley Schachter → influencedBy → Solomon Asch ⓘ
Social Psychology (1952) → author → Solomon Asch ⓘ
Max Wertheimer → notableStudent → Solomon Asch ⓘ
subject linked to: Wertheimer