social influence

Question 1

conformity

Answer 1

a change in a persons behaviors and beliefs as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people.

Question 2

asch conformity study

Answer 2

123 American men did a line comparison test, one line was always clearly the same size as line x.
pps were tested in groups of 6-8 people. there was only one naïve participant.
pps were told to give a incorrect answer in 12/18 trials

Question 3

asch results

Answer 3

real pps conformed 32% of the time of trials when confederates gave wrong answers

75% of pps conformed to the majority at least one in the trials.

Question 4

evaluation of Asch baseline

Answer 4

lack of population validity due to gender bias of male pps
lacks ecological validity- it does not represent the it does not represent complexity of real life conformity
ethical issues of informed consent + deception

Question 5

asch variation study looked at what?

Answer 5

situational factors

Question 6

what situational variables did asch look at

Answer 6

group size
unanimity
task difficulty

Question 7

group size

Answer 7

conformity increases with group size, but only up to a certain point, once the number of confederated goes above 4, conformity doe snot increase any more, as it is optimal

Question 8

what type of conformity is seen in the Zimbardo study

Answer 8

identification- seen in guards and prisoners

Question 9

pps of the prison study were allocated roles …

Answer 9

randomly

Question 10

how did pps in the prison study be in the study

Answer 10

they were volunteers form an advertisement

Question 11

prisoners were reffered to as…

Answer 11

numbers- dehumanizing and de-individualizing them

Question 12

results of prison study

Answer 12

as prisoners became more submissive, guards became more aggressive and assertive - they demanded obedience

Question 13

support for asch line study

Answer 13

Lucas et al and task difficulty- he saw as difficulty increased, isi increased and conformity increased