Even when organisations impose KPIs or OKRs on testers, they usually reinforce this identity: test coverage, number of bugs found, regressions avoided. Unlike developers, testers are rarely punished ...

In Asch’s experiments, having just one ally in the group dramatically lowered conformity. Participants were far more likely to speak the truth if just one other person gave a different answer.

In Asch’s experiments, having just one ally in the group dramatically lowered conformity. Participants were far more likely to speak the truth if just one other person gave a different answer.

Criticisms of the Asch conformity experiments One of the major criticisms of Asch’s conformity experiments centres on the reasons why participants choose to conform. According to some critics, ...

Psychological experiments have played a crucial role in shaping our understanding of human behaviour. From revealing the ...

Despite the above criticisms, the Asch conformity experiments are among the most famous in psychology’s history and have inspired a wealth of additional research on conformity and group behavior. This ...

The question put forward in this paper is whether robots can create conformity by means of group pressure. We recreate and expand on a classic social psychology experiment by Solomon Asch, so as to ...