Conformity into social roles AO3

Question 1

What evidence supports conformity to roles not being automatic

Answer 1

Haslam and Riecher (2012)

Question 2

What are the four evaluation points

Answer 2

• conformity to roles is not automatic
• demand characteristics
• ethical issues
• real world applications

Question 3

What evidence supports demand characteristics

Answer 3

Banuazizi and Movahedi (1975)

Question 4

What evidence supports ethical issues

Answer 4

Five of the ppts had to be released early due to mental distress

Question 5

what evidence supports the real world application

Answer 5

Explanation of Abu Gharib

Question 6

What did Haslam and Reicher (2012) challenge about Zimbardos study

Answer 6

• They challenged the belief that the guards’ drift into sadistic behaviour was an automatic consequence of them embracing their role

Question 7

What did Banuazizi and Movahedi (1975) argue

Answer 7

They argued that the behaviour in the SPE was more a consequence of demand characteristics than conformity to roles

Question 8

Why did Zimbardo believe that the SPE could explain events in Abu Ghraib

Answer 8

He believe the guards who committed the abuses were the victims of situational factors that made abuse more likely. eg lack of training and unrelenting boredom

Question 9

what did banuazizi and Haslam (2006) find

Answer 9

Prisoners took hold of the prison rather than the guards - reversal of roles