How did the conformity rates of female participants in Mori and Arai's study compare to those in Asch's study?

In Mori and Arai's study, the conformity rates of female participants were found to be similar to those observed in Asch's classic studies on conformity. Asch's research, involving male participants, indicated strong pressures to conform to group opinions, particularly when group size and unanimous responses were present. Mori and Arai adapted this methodology to examine female participants and discovered that their rates of conformity aligned closely with those seen in Asch's work.

This consistency suggests that while the dynamics of groups can differ based on factors such as gender, the overall tendency to conform in the presence of majority opinion remains consistent across contexts studied by both Asch and Mori and Arai. The results affirm that females, like their male counterparts in Asch’s study, exhibited similar susceptibility to group pressure, underscoring a robust finding in social psychology regarding the nature of conformity.