social influence

Question 1

conducted a longitudinal study that showed while people became more independent over 40 years, their locus of control became more external

Answer 1

twenge

Question 2

found that when a confederate disagreed with the majority it undermined legitimacy of authority

Answer 2

gamsons

Question 3

30 of his very obedient participants scored high on the f scale which suggested authoritarian personality, however some were not punished harshly as children as adorno suggested

Answer 3

milgram

Question 4

put forward the idea of the authoritarian personality and suggested that high obedience was a psychological disorder

Answer 4

adorno

Question 5

argued that milgram’s variables were too extreme and could give way for suspicion hence the low obedience rate and may not have high internal validity

Answer 5

holland

Question 6

showed that 3 prods required identification but only the last one required blind obedience hence the last one yielded the lowest obedience rates

Answer 6

haslam

Question 7

gave real shocks to a puppy and still found high obedience rates (54% for men and 100% for women)

Answer 7

sheridan and kings

Question 8

studied 40 american males and found an full obedience rate of 65%, for every alternate variable this decreased with the lowest obedience rates for uniform (20%)

Answer 8

milgram

Question 9

prison experiment to research conformity

Answer 9

zimbardo

Question 10

found that in zimbardo’s study only those that previously identified with the role of the guard were able to conform to a high level

Answer 10

reicher and haslam

Question 11

replicated asch’s study but with maths questions and showed research support for Informational Social Influence

Answer 11

lucas

Question 12

did a study on conformity and found that naïve participants had a conformity rate of 36.8% and this figure increased due to Group Size, Unanimity, and Task difficulty

Answer 12

asch