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Direct linkGriggs, Richard A. – Teaching of Psychology, 2015
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,…
Descriptors: Textbook Content, Textbook Bias, Textbook Standards, Social Psychology
