social factors

Question 1

social factors?

Answer 1

factors from people around you that can increase or decrease conformity

Question 2

group size?

Answer 2

number of confederates decreased - drop of conformity - 1 - 3 percent - 2 13.6 percent - 3 - 33 percent - conformity levelled off - did not increase with 15

Question 3

group size - suggest ?

Answer 3

few people needed to impact group pressure

Question 4

anonymity?

Answer 4

response in secret - conformed less - only conforming fit in group

Question 5

Task difficulty?

Answer 5

decreased distance between comparison lines - more difficult to see response - increase ambiguity - doubt correct answer - conformity increased

Question 6

evaluation - group size?

Answer 6

different effects depending on type of task - asch study - obvious answer - no obvious answer - group size does matter

people don’t conform with 1 or 2 people they are more likely to conform with 8 or 10 - group size is sometimes important

Question 7

evaluation - anonymity?

Answer 7

involved with a group of strangers, effect of anonymity changes when with a group of friends and they are expressing there opinions anominously - conform more - anomyity may increase rather than decrease anomyity

Question 8

task difficulty - evaluation?

Answer 8

may not be true for everyone - greater expertise less difficulty

Question 9

personality - evaluation?

Answer 9

no effect on conformity in familar situations - Julian Rotter argued that if your new to a situation, make descions on how you behave - locus of control has importance - familiar situation level of conformity - less affected by sense of control - may be affected by how you behaved within the past - personality interacts with other factors

Question 10

evaluation - expertise?

Answer 10

focusing on single factor is too simplistic