Social Influence

Question 1

What is the type of conformity where you agree externally but keep your opinions?

Answer 1

Compliance

Question 2

What is the type of conformity where your opinions change a little but only with the group?

Answer 2

Identification

Question 3

What is the type of conformity where your opinions actually change?

Answer 3

Internalisation

Question 4

what is meant by ISI?

Answer 4

Informational social influence - want to be correct

Question 5

what is meant by NSI?

Answer 5

Normative social influence - want to be liked

Question 6

How many people in Ach’s study conformed at least once? ISI or NSI?

Answer 6

32% NSI

Question 7

How did group size affect conformity?

Answer 7

only up to 3 had an impact of conformity. increased to 33%

Question 8

How did unanimity affect conformity?

Answer 8

if 1 disagrees, conformity drops to 5.5%

Question 9

How does task difficulty affect conformity?

Answer 9

switches to ISI

Question 10

AO3 points on Asch

Answer 10

lacked mundane realism, lab experiment
only men, not generalisable

Question 11

Who did the experiment on conforming to social roles?

Answer 11

Zimbardo - standford prison

Question 12

positives of Zimbardo?

Answer 12

randomly selected/assigned roles (shows behaviour was actually down to role)

Question 13

negatives of Zimbardo?

Answer 13

lacked mundane realism
only white american men
had to be cut short as bad mental health

Question 14

who did the experiment into obedience? what was it?

Answer 14

Milgrim - electric shock study

Question 15

what were the findings of milgrims study?

Answer 15

every participant gave shock up to 300V
65% gave the highest shock 450V

Question 16

negatives of milgrims study?

Answer 16

lacks mundane realism
only white American men
can cause stress and harm

Question 17

positives of milgrims study?

Answer 17

standardised procedure
provides good evidence into social psychology - nazis

Question 18

what is the definition of agentic state?

Answer 18

feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour. Start in autonomous state and shift

Question 19

what is the definition of legitimacy of authority?

Answer 19

more likely to obey to people who have authority over us, higher up the social hierarchy

Question 20

what were the situational variables with milgrims study? which was the most important?

Answer 20

uniform - most important dropped to 20%
proximity - phone dropped to 20.5%
location - dropped to 47.5%

Question 21

definition of authoritarian personality

Answer 21

see society as weak so need a strong leader
extreme respect for authority

Question 22

where does the authoritarian personality originate from?

Answer 22

harsh parenting, strict

Question 23

how do we measure authoritarian personality?

Answer 23

F - Scale

Question 24

Elm and Milgram’s study

Answer 24

milgrims obedient participants scored higher on the F - Scale in a questionnaire

Question 25

what is the definition of locus of control?

Answer 25

how much control a person feels over their behaviour

Question 26

what is an internal LOC?

Answer 26

you control your behaviour, when something goes wrong, you’re to blame

Question 27

what is an external LOC?

Answer 27

environment controls behaviour blames failure on external factors

Question 28

what are the ways in which a minority can influence the majority?

Answer 28

consistent
committed
flexible

Question 29

What’s the Bickman study? What does this show?

Answer 29

people were twice as likely to obey others if they were wearing a uniform. Uniform was the most important factor

Question 30

Rank & Jacobson’s study. what does this suggest?

Answer 30

80% of nurses disobeyed doctors’ orders. shows that obeying to authority may be incorrect.