Main Ideas

Question 1

Who proposed the 3 forms of conformity

Answer 1

Kelman

Question 2

What are the 3 types of conformity

Answer 2

Compliance, identification, and internalisation

Question 3

What are two explainatiosn for conformity

Answer 3

Normative and informational social influence

Question 4

What is the difference between the two explanations for conformity

Answer 4

Normative is the conformity to a view in public but this attitude is not internalised and therefore is not seen in private too. Informational is conforming in both public and private settings

Question 5

who did a study on variables affecting conformity

Answer 5

asch

Question 6

describe asch’s procedure

Answer 6

123 male participants asked to look at the length of 3 lines and asked to match which line is the same length. they sat around a table (all confeds apart from the participant) and the participant always answered second to last. All confeds would answer the question wrongly.

Question 7

describe Asch’s findings

Answer 7

There was an average conformity rate of 33% in the 12 critical trials

Question 8

what are the 3 variables that ashe experimented with to find what has the most effect on participant conformity

Answer 8

Group size
The unanimity of the majority
the difficulty of the task