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Solomon Asch Quotes

1907–1996 Poland

Solomon Eliot Asch (14 September 1907 – 20 February 1996) was an American Gestalt psychologist who was a pioneer in social psychology.

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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.

Social Psychology (1952)

That we have found the tendency to conformity in our society so strong... is a matter of concern. It raises questions about our ways of education and about the values that guide our conduct.

There is an inescapable moral dimensions of human existence. It follows that investigation must take account of that proposition. Yet psychologists have been among the most determined opponents of this claim, predictably in the name of what they deem to be science. They hope, at least in their technical activities, to be above the fray.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Solomon Asch (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.