Moscivici

Question 1

what was the aim of his study

Answer 1

to demonstrate minority influence usiing colour vison test

Question 2

what was the procedure in this study

Answer 2

-6 participants, 4 niece and 2 stooges
-gave answers out loud
- stooges sat 1st and 2nd or 3rd and 4th
-consistent group= stooge said blue slide was green every time
- inconsistent group= green 24 times, blue 12 times
- control condition had 6 naïve participants

Question 3

what were the findings of this study

Answer 3

control group= 1% green response
inconsistent= 1.25% green
consistent= 8% said green
32% naive said green
2 types of group, one nobdoy was infleunces and other was
stooges made no difference

Question 4

what was the evaluation of this study

Answer 4

minority opinion- same effect
if two confederates agreed were able to persuade the majority

Question 5

A03- artificial task

Answer 5

-different from minoiry groups in outside worlds , to change societies opinon
-eg suffragets , LGBTQ
very different from th experiment

Question 6

A03- lacks ecological validity

Answer 6

• trivial experiment
• doesnt tell you about minority or majority influence
• matters of principle

Question 7

A03- determined positions

Answer 7

• more committed to a cause, know each other and provide for each other
  -considerate social support, sometimes devote their lives