key words, stats etc

Question 1

Asch’s line study results

Answer 1

• 75% conformed atleast once
• 25% never conformed
• 5% conformed in all critical trials
• 33% overall conformity rate

Question 2

reasons ppts conform

Answer 2

distortion perception, distortion judgement, distortion of action

Question 3

asch study variations

Answer 3

group size, unanimity, and task difficulty

Question 4

SPE results

Answer 4

• guards became increasingly aggressive
• many prisoners became mentally and emotionally distressed and showed signs of deindividuation (referring to themselves as numbers)

Question 5

variables affecting conformity strengths

Answer 5

confederates acted convincingly

Question 6

variables affecting conformity limitations

Answer 6

gender bias (all male ppts) , ethical issues (psych harm), ecological validity (artificial task)

Question 7

dispositional hypothesis

Answer 7

innate nature, personality of people, guards are ‘bad seeds’

Question 8

situational hypothesis

Answer 8

brutality is due to the environmental conditions of the prison

Question 9

conformity to social roles limitations

Answer 9

not mindless conformity (depends on social norms), ethical issues (psych harm), demand characteristics may have occurred

Question 10

conformity to social roles strengths

Answer 10

real world applications (Abu Ghraib), conducted ethically (approved by ethics committee

Question 11

obedience

Answer 11

type of social influence causing a person to act in response to an order given by another person who usually has authority or power

Question 12

Asch’s aim

Answer 12

to see if people will conform in unambiguous situations

Question 13

Zimbardo’s aim

Answer 13

to investigate how people would conform to the social roles of prisoners and guards and to test each hypothesis

Question 14

Milgram’s aims

Answer 14

to see if people obey orders against their own morality

Question 15

Milgram’s findings

Answer 15

65% of ppts went up to 450v, all ppts went up to 300v and only 5 stopped there, ppts showed signs of distress through sweating, laughing and fidgeting

Question 16

Milgram’s conclusions

Answer 16

most people will obey an authority figure even if it goes against their own moral code

Question 17

obedience limitations

Answer 17

Lacks population validity (40 white USA males), ethical issues (deception +psych harm), lacks eco validity (at Yale w an artificial task)

Question 18

obedience: ppts were female

Answer 18

remained 65% although women reported feeling more stressed

Question 19

obedience: proximity

Answer 19

• teacher and learner in room: 40%
• touch proximity: 30%
• experimenter absent: 21%

Question 20

obedience: location

Answer 20

moved From Yale to rundown office, dropped to 48% less powerful authority due to lack of association with yale

Question 21

uniform- Bushman 1988

Answer 21

stopped ppl in the street asking them to give change to someone for parking
- police: 72%
- businesswomen: 48%
- beggar: 52%