1.8: Social support

Question 1

Research into locus of control and resistance to social support often involve correlational studies.

Describe the correlational study method (3 marks)

Answer 1

The correlational study method measures the strength and direction of co-variables

Question 2

Research into locus of control and resistance to social support often involve correlational studies.

Describe the correlational study method (3 marks).
The correlational study method measures the strength and direction of co-variables, for example what?

Answer 2

The correlational study method measures the strength and direction of co-variables, for example the degree to which an individual has an internal locus of control and the degree to which they conform in social situations

Question 3

Research into locus of control and resistance to social support often involve correlational studies.

Describe the correlational study method (3 marks).
The correlational study method measures the strength and direction of co-variables, for example the degree to which an individual has an internal locus of control and the degree to which they conform in social situations.
What can correlations be?

Answer 3

Correlations can be positive or negative

Question 4

Research into locus of control and resistance to social support often involve correlational studies.

Describe the correlational study method (3 marks).
The correlational study method measures the strength and direction of co-variables, for example the degree to which an individual has an internal locus of control and the degree to which they conform in social situations.
Correlations can be positive, where what, or negative?

Answer 4

Correlations can be positive, where both co-variables increase together or decrease together, or negative

Question 5

Research into locus of control and resistance to social support often involve correlational studies.

Describe the correlational study method (3 marks).
The correlational study method measures the strength and direction of co-variables, for example the degree to which an individual has an internal locus of control and the degree to which they conform in social situations.
Correlations can be positive, where both co-variables increase together or decrease together, or negative, where what?

Answer 5

Correlations can be positive, where both co-variables increase together or decrease together, or negative, where one co-variable increases and one co-variable decreases

Question 6

In an experiment, researchers arranged for participants to complete a very personal and embarrassing questionnaire in a room with other people. Each participant was tested individually. The other people were confederates of the experimenter.

In condition 1: the confederates completed the questionnaire.

In condition 2: the confederates refused to complete the questionnaire and asked to leave the experiment.

The researchers tested 15 participants in condition 1, and 15 different participants in condition 2.
The researchers recorded the number of participants who completed the questionnaire in each condition.

Using your knowledge of social influence, explain the likely outcome of this experiment (3 marks)

Answer 6

More participants in condition 1 will complete the questionnaire than in condition 2, because the participants in condition 2 experienced social support and so were more likely to defy the researchers.
Because of normative social influence, participants will follow the majority to fit in