In that brief moment of uncertainty, anything could have happened. If one person had just packed up and left, everyone might have followed suit. But nobody reacted. Perhaps what kept the room still was the fear of being perceived as scared. Or the belief that surely, bad things could not happen to them. Or maybe they’d heard enough false alarms in their lives. I’m not sure.
One of the most depressing things about the Replication Crisis in especially social psychology is that many results from the 1950s and 1960s failed to replicate at all… except the Asch conformity experiments. Those seem to replicate just fine.
One of the most depressing things about the Replication Crisis in especially social psychology is that many results from the 1950s and 1960s failed to replicate at all… except the Asch conformity experiments. Those seem to replicate just fine.