Sherif (1935)

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Sherif researched whether people are influenced by

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others when they’re doing ambiguous tasks where the answer isn’t clear

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Sherif (1935) name

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conformity at the autokinetic

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Sherif date

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1935

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Method: what kind of experiment is it?

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a laboratory experiment with a repeated measures design

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Method: Sherif used a visual illusion called the

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autokinetic effect where a statutory spot of light, viewed in a dark room, appears to move

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Method: participants were falsely told that the experimenter

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would move the light

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Method: they had to estimate how far

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the light had moved

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Method: in the first phase

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individual participants made estimates and then they were put into groups of three

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Method: when they were put into groups

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they each made an estimate in front of each other

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Method: after estimating in a group, they

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re estimated individually

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Results: when they were alone, participants

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developed their own stable estimates which varied widely between participants

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Results: once the participants were in a group

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the estimates tended to converge and become more alike

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Results: when the participants were retested

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their answers were more like the groups

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Conclusion: participants were influenced by

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the estimates of other people and a group norm developed

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Conclusion: estimates converged because

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participants used each other to get information

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Evaluation: what kind of study was it?

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a laboratory experiment

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Evaluation: due to the study being a laboratory experiment,

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it allowed for strict control over the variables

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Evaluation: due to the strict control over the variables

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it is very likely that the experiment was unaffected by a third variable

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Evaluation: it is possible to establish an

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cause and effect

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Evaluation: because there is an cause and effect,

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the study can be replicated

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Evaluation: the study is flawed because the participants

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were asked to measure the distance of something that didn’t move which doesn’t happen in real life

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Evaluation: because it’s an artificial situation

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the study lacks ecological valdity

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Evaluation: the sample used was

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limited so the results can’t be generalised

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Evaluation: an ethical problem is that

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the study is deceptive