Conformity x

Question 1

1. What is conformity?

Answer 1

Is a change in behaviour or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure .

Question 2

2. What are the three types of conformity?

Answer 2

Compliance
Internalisation
Identification

Question 3

3. What research study is an example of identification?

Answer 3

Stand Ford prison experiment

Question 4

4. Explain the difference between normative social influence and informational social influence.

Answer 4

Normative - going along with the majority through fear of rejection because you have the desire to be liked .
Informational - is going along with the majority through acceptance of new information because you have the desire to be right .

Question 5

5. Summarise the methodology of Jenness’ research.

Answer 5

Glass bottle filled with bean sweets they were asked to estimate how many are in the jar then a group discussion then estimate again how many they thought were in the jar .

Question 6

6. What were the findings of Asch’s research study?

Answer 6

The experiment concluded that people conform for two main reasons: they want to fit in with the group (normative influence) and because they believe the group is more informed than they are (informational influence).

Question 7

7. Name one variation of Asch’s study?

Answer 7

Asch’s experiment, one of the confederates was instructed to give the correct answer throughout