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After a recent spike in violent crime, the local police department wants to spend $550,000 on a new crime fighting initiative. If a human life is worth $9 million, the crime fighting initiative is worth the cost if it reduces the risk of someone dying from crime by at least
Asch
Refers to Solomon Asch, known for his research on conformity, specifically the experiments demonstrating the influence of group pressure on opinions.
Crutchfield Situation
A technique used in social psychology experiments to study conformity, where individuals must make judgments while being exposed to the presumed opinions of others.
Asch Situation
An experiment by Solomon Asch that demonstrated the power of conformity in groups, where individuals often agree with a consensus even if it is clearly incorrect.
Asch Experiment
A series of psychological experiments conducted by Solomon Asch studying if and how individuals yield to or defy a majority group and the effect of such influences on beliefs and opinions.
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