conformity types an explanations- SOCIAL INF

Question 1

explain internalisation and it’s characteristics?

Answer 1

• person accepts group norms by examining their own ideas
• private+public change
• permanent/long term
• persists even if group members aren’t present
• cognitive drive
• desire to be correct

Question 2

explain identification and its characteristics?

Answer 2

• conforming to opinions because we value something about the group
• public and private change in presence of group but alone they deviate (use vegetarian example)
• elements of ISI and NSI

Question 3

explain compliance and it’s characteristics?

Answer 3

• going along with others
• trying to fit in (social acceptance)
• superficial change
• public not privately
• temporary
• emotional drive

Question 4

what is an explanation for ISI?

Answer 4

• about gaining better info
• change their behaviour because they want to be correct
• most likely to happen in situations of ambiguity

Question 5

what is an explanation of NSI?

Answer 5

• people don’t like to seem dumb
• most likely to occur w/ strangers
• concerned about rejection

Question 6

what are 3 research points for conformity and explanations?

Answer 6

• ISI and NSI together
• research to support ISI
• research to support NSI

Question 7

evaluate ISI and NSI together

Answer 7

• conformity reduced when there is another dissenter
• reduced power of ISI+NSI
• Asch, when dissenter giving a different wrong answer, conformity dropped bellow 24%
• evident in real life

Question 8

evaluate research that supports ISI

Answer 8

• Jennes’ jelly bean study
• pp’s made a private estimate of how many jelly beans in a jar and then went into a group to discuss
• their estimates were made again, and second time they were closer to the group estimate rather than their own

Question 9

what is the name for people that want to be liked?

Answer 9

nAffiliators

Question 10

evaluate research that supports NSI?

Answer 10

• in a variation of Ache’s study, it was found that when pp’s were allowed to write down their answers instead of saying them out loud conformity dropped from 34% to 12.5%
• supports NSI, even when we know correct answer we will change in a group