소개
솔로몬 애쉬(Solomon Eliot Asch 1907년 9월 14일 – 1996년 2월 20일)는 폴란드계 미국인 게슈탈트 심리학 및 사회 심리학의 선구자였다. 그는 인상 형성, 명성 제안, 적합성 및 기타 많은 주제에서 중요한 결과물을 연구하였다. 그의 연구결과물은 '전체가 부분의 합보다 클뿐만 아니라 전체의 본질이 부분을 근본적으로 변화 시킨다'(the whole is not only greater than the sum of its parts, but the nature of the whole fundamentally alters the parts)는 게슈탈트 심리학의 공통 주제를 따른다. 애쉬(Asch)는 다음과 같이 언급한바있다"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 Eliot Asch (September 14, 1907 – February 20, 1996) was a Polish-American Gestalt psychologist and pioneer in social psychology. He conducted seminal research on impression formation, prestige suggestion, conformity, and many other topics. His work reflects a common theme of Gestalt psychology that the whole is not only different from the sum of its parts, but the nature of the whole fundamentally alters the understanding of the parts. Asch stated: "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". Asch is most well known for his conformity experiments, in which he demonstrated the influence of group pressure on opinions. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Asch as the 41st most cited psychologist of the 20th century.