Conformity

Question 1

What are the three types of conformity?

Answer 1

Compliance
Identification
Internalisation

Question 2

What are the differences between the three types of conformity?

Answer 2

Com - Public, not private, not permanent
Iden - Public, private, not permanent
Inter - Public, private, permanent

Question 3

What are the two explanations for conformity?

Answer 3

NSI + ISI

Question 4

What do the two explanations for conformity mean? When might they apply?

Answer 4

NSI: Conforming to look cool e.g. at a party
ISI: Conforming to be right e.g. taking your lunchbreak on your first day at work

Question 5

What study proves ISI?

Answer 5

Feir et al Presidential Debate study (participants watched a debate, were told supposedly how the public reacted before being interviewed on what they thought, majority of people agreed with the public)

Question 6

Which study proved individual differences during NSI?

Answer 6

McGhee and Teevan found students with a higher need for affiliation conformed more

Question 7

Variables affecting conformity

Answer 7

Group size
Anonymity of the group
Difficulty of the task

Question 8

Asch’s study strengths and weaknesses AO3

Answer 8

Strengths: Easily repeatable, good control over extraneous variables
Weaknesses: Deception, not representative

Question 9

Conformity to social roles

Answer 9

Stanford Prison Experiment

Question 10

SPE strengths and weaknesses

Answer 10

Strengths: Prisoner 8612’s reactions began fake but grew real, Zimbardo publicly recorded 12 hours of footage
Weaknesses: No right to withdrawal, demand characteristics