CONFORMITY TYPES AND EXPLANATIONS Flashcards
what is a strength of conformity types and explanations?
there is research support (2x)
who had research to support ISI?
Lucas et al
what does research into ISI improve?
the reliability of the explanation
Lucas et al research was conducted by…
giving students easy and difficult maths problems
what were the findings of Lucas et al’s research?
found that people’s reason for conforming when the questions got more difficult was because they didn’t know the answer
what were the findings of Lucas et al’s research more common for?
they were more common for students who rated their maths ability as low
how does Lucas et al’s research support ISI as an explanation for conformity?
shows people conform when they don’t know the answer and that we look to other people
who had research to support NSI?
Asch
what did Asch do after his line experiment?
he asked the ppt to explain why they chose their answer, some said they were to anxious and afraid of disapproval
what did conformity levels drop to when Asch told his ppts to write down their answers?
they dropped to 12.5%
what does the statistic for Asch’s line experiments variation show?
that ppts were conforming because of NSI
what is a weakness for conformity and it’s explanations specifically NSI?
there are individual differences
who found that there are individual differences when it comes to NSI?
McGhee and Teevan
what did McGhee and Teevan identify?
they identified nAffiliators who were people that had a greater need for social relationships
what are these nAffiliators more likely to do?
more likely to conform as they are more affected by NSI
McGhee and Teevan research therefore reduces the what of NSI as an explanation for conformity?
reduces the generalisability as not everyone is the same and will be able to resist conformity
what is a limitation of ISI and NSI?
in the explanation they are seen to be independent agents
since they are seen to be independent the ‘two-process approach’ can be seen as…
oversimplified
why can the two-process approach be oversimplified?
because introducing a dissenter in the experiment may reduce NSI and ISI
how would introducing a dissenter reduce NSI?
provides social support for the ppt
how would introducing a dissenter reduce ISI?
acts as alt source of info, ppt can make own decision
the two way process being over simplified reduces the…
credibility of the explanation because we are unsure of ISI and NSI operating independently or together
