Solomon Asch
Psychology
Back Round Information:
- Born September 14, 1907
- Died February 20, 1996
- Polish psychologist and a pioneer in social psychology
- Created seminal pieces
- Florence Miller
- Married in 1930
- Had a son named Peter
Education:
- Very shy and didn't speak English
- Went to Neighborhood Public School
- Read Charles Dickens
- Attended the City College of New York
- Majored in literature and science
- Received his Bachelor of Science in 1928
- Pursued his graduate degree at Columbia University
- Masters degree in 1930 and PhD in 1932
- Moved to University of Pennsylvania and taught as a professor there
Experiences:
- Famous Social Psychologist
- Studied Conformity
- Conformity- the extent to which people go along with the larger group
Significant Accomplishments:
- His Conformity Experiments
- Review of General Psychology survey published
- He was ranked as the 41st most cited Psychologists of the 20th century
- His research has led to four critical ideas that persists in social influence
- Social Interactions
- Independent thoughts and disagreements
- Relationships between Conformity and No- Conformity
- Group Influence
Psychological Perspective:
- Sociocultural Perspective