Social and dispositional factors affecting conformity

Question 1

Social factors affecting conformity

Answer 1

group size
anonymity
task difficulty

Question 2

Dispositional factors affecting conformity

Answer 2

Personality

expertise

Question 3

Does group size increase or decrease conformity?

Answer 3

lower than 3 people reduce conformity and higher than 4 increases conformity.

Question 4

Does anonymity increase or decrease conformity?

Answer 4

If the ppt doesn’t know what the other ppts are doing conformity decreases if they do it increases.

Question 5

Does task difficulty increase or decrease conformity?

Answer 5

If the task is hard conformity increases if it is easy it decreases.

Question 6

Does personality increase or decrease conformity?

Answer 6

If ppt isn’t confident or smart conformity increases, if they are conformity decreases.

Question 7

Does expertise increase or decrease conformity?

Answer 7

Ppts who already understand the task and doesn’t feel the need to conform, conformity will decrease.