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Discussion - SALGADO

The number of participants who gave accurate and incorrect answers varied significantly in each
type of test that was provided, according to a summary of the data gathered and displayed in the tables.
According to Table 1, 12 out of 14 subjects (excluding the control group) conformed to the wrong
answers in the random question test, while 8 out of 14 became conformists in Line Test 1 and only 3 out
of 14 in Line Test 2.

Taking this into account, the experimenters proved that among the participants, there is a
higher number of people who were conformist enough to blend or agree with the popular opinion,
particularly in the first test, than those nonconformists who preferred to stand for what they believed is
the right answer. The summarization of the collected data shows that most of the participants in the
experimental group had a tendency to disregard their initial or own answers in favor of those suggested
by the control group.

Since the experimenters achieved the goal of the conformity experiment conducted on the
selected subjects that were placed under three tests, therefore, the idea that pressure and opinion from
a group could lead an individual to conform was proved, which supports the findings of the previous
psychological experiments conducted by Solomon Asch in the 1950s, wherein it revealed the degree to
which a person's own opinions are influenced by those of a group. Asch found that people were willing
to ignore the truth and give an incorrect answer in order to conform to the rest of the group.

Therefore, the experimenters recommend that in order to make more improvements in the
quality of output aligned with this study, future experimenters should also create more effective
questions to better observe the chances of the participants to conform to the opinion of the majority, as
well as to develop new strategies to ensure a smooth flow of the experiment as they conduct the
aforementioned topic.