Social Influence

Question 1

Milgram

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Answer 1

• Ethics
• Supporting evidence (nurses)
• Internal validity (belief)
• Social Identity Theory

Question 2

Social Change

A03

Answer 2

• Non-conformity (Asch)
• Disobedience (Milgram)
• NSI (saving energy)
• Public opinion

Question 3

Legitimacy of Authority and Agentic State

A03

Answer 3

• Germany vs Australia (Milgram)
• Planes (RWA)
• Milgram (autonomous again)
• Milgram’s variations
• Auschwitz doctors

Question 4

Minority Influence

A03

Answer 4

• Moscovici
• Moscovici was artificial
• Flexible jury study
• Juror better if consistent

Question 5

Aurthoritarian Personality

A03

Answer 5

• F-scale on Milgram
• Milgram’s variations
• Obediance of the majority
• Education

Question 6

Asch

A03

Answer 6

• Ethics
• Participants
• Lab expreriment (pros and cons)
• Supporting evidence (ISI)

Question 7

Resistance to Social Influence

A03

Answer 7

• Asch (non-conformity)
• Milgram (disobedience)
• SS can’t explain first dissenter
• Milgram (LOC)
• Time and age

Question 8

NSI and ISI

Explanations of Conformity

A03

Answer 8

• Smoking
• Asch (NSI)
• Asch’s variations (ISI)
• Sherif (autokinetic effect)

Question 9

Stanford Prison Experiment

A03

Answer 9

• Demand characteristics
• Abu Graib
• Ethics

Question 10

Milgram

A01

Answer 10

Shock learner when give wrong answer
* 65% went to 450V
* 100% went to 300V
Ppts showed clear signs of distress

Question 11

Milgram’s Variations

A01

Answer 11

• Disobedient teacher - fell
• In same room - 40%
• Put hand on shock plate - 30%
• Orders by phone - 23%
• Office building - 48%

Question 12

Types of Conformity

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Answer 12

• Internalisation
• Compliance
• Identification

Question 13

Internalisation

A01

Answer 13

Change in private beliefs and public behaviours

Question 14

Compliance

Answer 14

Change in public behaviours but not private beliefs

Question 15

Identification

A01

Answer 15

Change in behaviour and belief but only when part of a specific group

Question 16

Asch

A01

Answer 16

Line judgement task
* 0.7% got incorrect in control
* 37% conformity
* 75% of people conformed at least once

Question 17

Asch’s Variations

A01

Answer 17

• Group size increased up to a point (around 4+)
• Fellow dissenter 5.5%
• More difficult = more conformity

Question 18

Zimbardo

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Answer 18

Students randomly assigned to roles
Each role had a uniform
Prisoners became passive and Guards invented nasty punishments
Had to be ended after only 6 days

Question 19

Conformity to Social Roles

Answer 19

Social roles are the sets of behaviours and expectations that come with posistions in society

Question 20

Agentic State

A01

Answer 20

A state in which people do not feel personal responsibilty of their actions as they believe themselves to be acting as the agent of an authority figure.
Agentic shift from autonomous state

Question 21

Legitimacy of Authority

Answer 21

We are socialised to respect the authority of certain types of people
Legitimate authority comes from a defined social role
Uniform and location are symbols of this

Question 22

Authoritarian Personality

A01

Answer 22

Dispositional factor
Caused by an overly strict parenting style
Extreme respect for and deference to the social heirarchy and those above them in it
Resentment for those they see as lower than them

Question 23

Resistance to Social Influence

Answer 23

Social Support from role models who go against social norms first
Internal vs External Locus of Control

Question 24

Factors Affecting Minority Influence

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Answer 24

• Consistency
• Commitment
• Flexibility

Question 25

Social Change

A01

Answer 25

Conversion theory
* people conform to majority due to NSI
* follow minority due to internalisation
Snowball effect