CONFORMITY EXPLANATIONS

Question 1

INFORMATIONAL SOCIAL INFLUENCE

Answer 1

• when we agree with the opinon of the majority because we belive it is correct and we accept it because we want to be correct as well

Question 2

when does ISI occur

Answer 2

• situations with scacre information or ambiguity (where we arent sure what the correct thing to do is e.g copying others
• classrooms answers so that you can be right too
  explains internalisation, deepest type of conformity

Question 3

LUCAS ET AL / jenness

Answer 3

• asked group of students to give answers on hard and easy questions, found that more conformity when questions were hard, most true for students with poor maths ability supports isi
• similarly, jenness found that people were more likely to conform to the answers of others in a ‘beans in a jar’ estimation task.

Question 4

indv differences

Answer 4

• asch, found students were the least conformist,
• suggests people who are more confident in their abilities may be less influenced by apparent correct majority

Question 5

NORMATIVE SOCIAL INFLUENCE

Answer 5

• agree with opinion of majority to be accepted and liked we pay attention to norms which regulate the behav in groups so that we can be like others

Question 6

evidence supporting nsi

Answer 6

• asch asked pp why they conformed to wrong answers in line study, said they felt self consious giving right answer & afraid of disproval,
• other variation of asch when wrote answers conformity dropped to 12%,

Question 6

WHEN DOES NSI OCCUR

Answer 6

• in situations where you dont know the norms and so look for other people for how to behave
• e.g pretending ur support a particular football team because the rest of your freindship does it is an emotion process, wanting to be liked
• and can explain compliance most shallow form of conformity

Question 7

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES NSI

Answer 7

• however, may be individuals differences, mcghee and teevan found that students with a personality & social relationships, were more likley to conform than the rest, displays how the desire to be liked might affect some more than others

Question 8

a lim is that its hard to seperate

Answer 8

• it is unclear if nsi or isi opperates in studies and real life.
• a dissenter may reduce the power of nsi (social support) or reduce the power of isi (alternative source) therefore isi and nsi are hard to seperate