The past contains lot of objectionable experiments. There was the famous Milgram Experiment, in which participants were made to believe that they were murdering someone. There was the Stanford Prison ...

We’ve Got Depression All Wrong. It’s Trying to Save Us. Solomon Asch was one of the greatest psychologists of the past century. In his autobiography, he recalls from his childhood an event on the ...

The psychology of conformity is something we've previously explored, but its study dates back to the 1950s, with Gestalt scholar and social psychology pioneer Solomon Asch, known today as the Asch ...

Solomon Asch was one of the greatest psychologists of the past century. In his autobiography, he recalls from his childhood an event on the evening of his first Passover. He saw his grandmother ...

Humans often conform to group opinions due to a desire for acceptance and to avoid conflict. Solomon Asch's experiments ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. One of the most famous experiments in social psychology took place in the early 1950s. Solomon Asch, a ...