Solomon Asch

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Most social acts have to be understood in their setting and lose meaning if isolated... No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.
- Solomon Asch
Collection: Failure
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That reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct.
- Solomon Asch
Collection: Education
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The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white black. This is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct.
- Solomon Asch
Collection: Education
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The human mind is an organ for the discovery of truths rather than of falsehoods.
- Solomon Asch
Collection: Discovery
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Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated. No error in thinking about social facts is more serious than the failure to see their place and function.
- Solomon Asch
Collection: Thinking
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Most social acts have to be understood in their setting, and lose meaning if isolated.
- Solomon Asch
Collection: Social