Paper 1 : Social Influence Key Studies

Question 1

Asch original study

Answer 1

123 us males, one participant seven confederates
12 critical trials
75% conformed at least once

Question 2

Task difficulty

Answer 2

Conformity increased

Question 3

Group size

Answer 3

One confederate = 3% conformity
3 confeds = 33%

Question 4

Unanimity of group

Answer 4

Conformity 5%

Question 5

Answers in private

Answer 5

12.5% conformity

Question 6

Zimbardo

Answer 6

24 healthy male university students
Had to be stopped after 6 days

Question 7

Milgram

Answer 7

40 US males
65% went all the way to 450V

Question 8

Burger

Answer 8

Redid milgrams experiment in 2009 and found no differences

Question 9

Hofling

Answer 9

Field study with doctors and nurses and still administered drug

Question 10

Proximity of authority

Answer 10

Obdience was 20%

Question 11

Proximity of victim

Answer 11

Obdience dropped to 40%

Question 12

Location

Answer 12

Rundown office obdience dropped to 48%

Question 13

Prescence of allies

Answer 13

Obdience dropped to 10% went teacher rebelled
If 2 teachers obeyed obdience rose to 92.5%

Question 14

Uniform

Answer 14

Obdience dropped to 20%

Question 15

Avtgis

Answer 15

Meta analysis found High internal LoC were less likely to obey

Question 16

Moscovici

Answer 16

172 females in Paris
36 trials
Consistent group led to 8% green answers compared to 1.25%