The Disappearance of Independence in Textbook Coverage of Asch's Social Pressure Experiments

Autor/in	Griggs, Richard A.
Titel	The Disappearance of Independence in Textbook Coverage of Asch's Social Pressure Experiments
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 42 (2015) 2, S.137-142 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628315569939
Schlagwörter	Textbook Content; Textbook Bias; Textbook Standards; Social Psychology; Textbook Evaluation; Introductory Courses; Educational Experiments; Higher Education; Content Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrbuchtext; Lehrbuchkritik; Schulbuchempfehlungen; Sozialpsychologie; Einführungskurs; Schulversuch; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	Asch's classic social pressure experiments are discussed in almost all introductory and social psychology textbooks. However, the results of these experiments have been shown to be misrepresented in textbooks. An analysis of textbooks from 1953 to 1984 revealed that although most of the responses on critical trials were independent correct ones, textbooks have increasingly over time emphasized the minority conformity responding and deemphasized the majority independent responding. An analysis of 20 introductory psychology textbooks and 10 introductory social psychology textbooks revealed that this distorted coverage has not only persisted but increased over the past 30 years. Given the entrenchment of such coverage in current texts, a suggestion for how to address this distorted coverage without major text revision is provided. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01