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Obedience up to 450 Volts in Milgrams baseline study
65%
Obedience in location variation
Fell to 47.5%
Obedience in uniform variation
Dropped to 20%
Proximity variation 1- teacher and learner in the same room
Dropped to 40%
Proximity variation 2- teacher had to put learners hand on shock plate
30%
Proximity variation 3- experimenter left and gave instructions by phone
20.5%
Asch’s original study- what % did the participants give the wrong answer
36.8%
Asch’s study- what percentage conformed to at least 1 wrong answer
75%
Asch’s study- unanimity of majority variation- what percentage was conformity when dissenting confederate gave the correct answer?
5%
Asch’s study- unanimity of majority variation- what percentage was conformity when dissenting confederate gave a different wrong answer?
9%
Asch’s study- group size of majority variation- what was conformity when there was 1 confederate ?
Very low
Asch’s study- group size of majority variation- what was conformity when there was 2 confederates ?
13%
Asch’s study- group size of majority variation- what was conformity when there was 3 confederates ?
31.8%
Asch’s study- difficultly of task variation- what was conformity when the task was harder ?
Increase
What was the 6 criteria for ideal mental health?
Self- attitudes (high self esteem)
Personal growth & self actualisation (develops to full capabilities)
Integration (cope with stressful situations)
Autonomy (independent & self reliant)
Accurate perception of reality (perceive world in non-distorted fashion)
Mastery of environment (able to meet demands of any situation)
Can Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg- least and most insecure-resistant
3% in Britain
30% in Israel
Can Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg- least and most insecure-avoidant
35% Germany
5% Japan
Social change process
- Drawing attention
- Consistency and flexibility
- Deeper processing
- Augmentation principle (extreme commitment)
- Snowball effect & social change
- Social crypotoamnesia & conformity/ obedience
What is an internal locus of control?
People think they are mostly responsible for what happens to them
How does an internal locus of control make then able to resist conformity?
Take personality responsibility for their actions
So more likely to base decisions on their own beliefs
Tend to be more intelligent and have less need for social approval
Trust their own beliefs and resist pressures from others
How does an internal locus of control make then able to resist obedience ?
More achievement- oriented
More likely to become leaders than followers
Same characteristics as conformity makes them less likely to obey
How can anxiety improve EWT?
Anxiety triggers fight or flight response
Increases our alertness and awareness
Improved memory
How can anxiety negatively impacts EWT?
Physiological arousal
Prevents us paying attention to important cues
Recall is worse
