Solomon Asch had participants choose which line was the same length as a comparison line in the presence of confederates who chose obviously wrong answers. Asch found about twice as much conformity when the number of confederates was large (about 10) as when it was smaller (about 5).

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Asch found that conformity increased with the number of confederates up to a point, but not significantly after three or four confederates, indicating that increasing the number of confederates beyond three or four does not significantly increase conformity.

Solomon Asch Had Participants Choose Which Line Was the Same