Paper 1 Evaluation- Social Influence

Question 1

Explanations of conformity- ISI

Answer 1

Support -Maths problems research- harder questions more conformity
Undermining- students less conformist- individual differences

Question 2

Explanations of NSI

Answer 2

Undermining- those concerned with being liked are more affected-individual differences
Supporting- Asch- felt self-conscious- when they wrote answers conformity fell to 12.5% from 36.8%

Question 3

Minority influence- consistency

Answer 3

Moscovici study- found consistent minority has greater effect
Weakness- Moscovici used artificial stimulus- colour of slides- not very realistic in terms of consequences of real life minority influence