Paper 1 - Social Influence Flashcards
What is compliance?
Publicly but not privately agreeing with the majority to gain approval or to avoid ridicule. It is a weak form of conformity and is therefore not permeant. Compliance can only happen in the presence of a group.
What is internalisation?
(True conformity). It’s a public and p
What is identification?
Public and private acceptance of a majority influence in order to gain group acceptance. It is a stronger form of conformity however it isn’t permanent.
They are probably internalised at the start then feel bad afterwards.
What are the three types of conformity?
Compliance
Internalisation
Identification
What are the two explanations of conformity?
ISI
NSI
What is ISI
An explanation of conformity which is a cognitive process where we agree with the majority because we want to be correct. We accept others to be correct because we want to be correct so we change our public and private views to be consistent with the majority
-We want to be right
What is NSI?
It is a explanation of conformity which is an emotional process where we agree with the opinion of the majority to gain approval and to avoid looking foolish
- We want to be liked
What type of conformity is ISI?
Internalisation
What type of conformity is NSI?
Normally compliance but it could be identification.
Simple way to remember what ISI and NSI is?
ISI - we want to be right
NSI - we want to be liked
Which Psychologists studied conformity?
Sherif
Asch
Zimbardo
How does conformity react when the task is harder?
Conformity increases
How does conformity react when the subject is familiar with the task?
Conformity decreases
How does conformity react when there is another non - conformist in the group who gives the right answer
Conformity decreases
How does conformity react when there is only 1 confederate?
Conformity decreases
How does conformity react when the task is easier?
Conformity decreases
How does conformity react when there are more people in a group giving the wrong answer? (the difference between 8 and 20)
Conformity stays the same
How does conformity react when the confederates are more expert in the task than the participant.
Conformity increases
How does conformity react when there are 4 confederates instead of 7?
Conformity stays the same
How does conformity react when there is another non conformist in the group who gives a different wrong answer?
Conformity decreases
What are confederates?
People in Asch’s study who knew about the experiment and gave the wrong answer on purpose to try and induce an atmosphere where the real participant might conform.
What are the negatives about Asch’s experiment?
It lacks temporal validity
Perrin and Spencer repeated Asch’s experiment in 1980. It showed that we are less likely to conform in today
Participants may not of followed the rules
The task may have been too easy
Only men were used so it can’t be generalised (In the 1970’s it was suggested that women would conform more) - Asch could have controlled more factors like religion, politicsl views etc.
In 2014 Fiske said that “Asch’s groups weren’t very groupy” conformity may be higher between people that you trust
Asch himself believed that the study demonstrated independence and not conformity
When was Asch’s experiments?
Why were women thought to of been more conformist as men. What research was done on this.
Initially the only research done was on men only. The results aren’t generalisable although they were generalised anyway to women.
In 1987 Eagly reanalysed data from previous studies. They proved that there were different conformity rates in men and women.
He proved that women were more likely to conform in 1987 he said that women were more concerned about group harmony. As well as the fact that assertiveness and independence are more valued male arributes