Do You Agree?

Overview

Objectives/Goals The idea for our conformity experiment sparked one day at school when we began to notice that during a class vote, many people changed their vote to fit the majority. We wondered as to whether this was more prevalent in a specific age group and assessed this concept by asking the question, #Which age group has the highest rate of conformity?# Methods/Materials MATERIALS 1 Journal 35 Papers 2 Pencils 35 Adult Test Subjects 40 Teenage Test Subjects 40 Kid Test Subjects 5 Whiteboard Markers 50 Pieces of Chocolate/Candy (variety of types) 1 Whiteboard 1 Roll of Tape 4 Sets of Quizzes/Questions 1 A,B,C Line Diagram 4 Lines 3 Lists of Groups We tested three different age groups, adults ages eighteen and up, teenagers ages twelve to fourteen, and children ages three to six. We used a different procedure for each group, and tested thirty five adults, forty teenagers, and forty children. Results Both teenagers and children had the same rate of conformity, which was 37.5 percent. Conclusions/Discussion Both children and teenagers conformed the same amount. This proved our hypothesis half correct. Also, the adults seemed to conform less than both the children, teenagers, and Asch's results.

Competition history

• CSEF 2015 Behavioral & Social Sciences · Entry J0410

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