social influence

Question 1

conformity

Answer 1

changing what we do, think or say in response to real or imagined indirect group pressure

Question 2

Asch research into conformity

Answer 2

123 Americans test of perception
two cards, one card had 1 line and one card had 3, had to match which one was the same length

findings:75% conformed

Question 3

NSI

Answer 3

Normative social influence

states they conform because they want to be liked

Question 4

ISI

Answer 4

conforms bc they don’t know what to do

Question 5

S of Asch. study into conformity

Answer 5

uses standard procedures
scientific approach means that there is high internal validity bc all extraneous variables are controlled

Question 6

W asch study into conformity

Answer 6

tast and situation is artificial, lacks ecological validity

Question 7

why do people conform

Answer 7

dispositional- personality characteristics

social factors- social world/ppl you spend time with

group size

Question 8

Milgrams agency theory

Answer 8

autonomous-behaving voluntarily and willing to take responsibility

agent-believe they are acting on behalf of others

Question 9

why we conform

Answer 9

agency
authority
culture
proximity

Question 10

ILOC

Answer 10

they feel they are in control of their own behaviour

Question 11

ELOC

Answer 11

Believe they do not have control over their actions

Question 12

research into expertise

Answer 12

Lucas et el, maths questions

Question 13

Adornos authoritarian personality

Answer 13

some people have an authoritarian personality

adorno claimed individuals were treated harshly as children causing them to feel hostile towards parents

Question 14

research into authoritarian personality

Answer 14

milgram and elms
selected 20 obedient participants (who continued to final shock) and 20 who didn’t and made them do the Scale

Question 15

W of milgrams research

Answer 15

flawed questionnaire
cant explain all cases of obedience like the Nazis

Question 16

prosocial behaviour

Answer 16

acting in a way that is beneficial to people in society

Question 17

bystanders

Answer 17

people who witness events where people need assistance

Question 18

pivillians subway theory

Answer 18

95%helped
50%helped

Question 19

different nervous systems

Answer 19

central
peripheral
(semantic +automatic)

Question 20

CNS

Answer 20

where all complex processing of information is done and decisions are made

Question 21

peripheral

Answer 21

network of nerves that connects the rest of the body to the CNS

Question 22

semantic nervous system

Answer 22

receives information from the sesnses and transmits it to the CNS

Question 23

autonomic nervous system

Answer 23

responsible for vital functions such as heartbeat, breathing etc

Question 24

fight or flight

Answer 24

hypothalamus recognises there is a threat
sympathetic nervous system is activated
adrenaline is released from adrenal glands to the bloodstream