Social influence Flashcards
What is a further limitation of ashes research?
It may have limited application
the sample was all young American men
some psychologists have suggested that the female conformity rate will be higher as women care more about being accepted into social groups
this reduces its external validity
What is one strength of NSI as an explanation for conformity?
Has research support
ashes participants when interviewed said that the reason they conformed is because they eld self conscious about saying the right answer
when they wrote their answer down the conformity rate dropped to 12.5%
This support the theory of NSI
What is one limitation of NSI as an explanation for conformity?
This doe not predict conformity in every case
some people are nAffiliators- people who are very concerned with being liked and NSI will apply to the but not everyone is affected by this so NSI may not explain conformity in all case
What is one limitation of zimbados research?
He may have exaggerate the role of social roles
only 1/3 of guards acted brutally
1/3 were trying to be fair
1/3 were trying to help the prisoners
shows that not everyone in the study conformed to the social roles.
What is one limitation of Milgrims research?
His conclusions about blind obedience may nir be justified, while most carried on after the first three promts all stopped when they had been given the fourth prompt as this took away the science and made it about authority so the participant could not identify with the science and this suggests that social identity theory may be a better explanation
What is one strength of milgrims variations?
They have cross cultural value
A similar study to pilgrims was conducted in the Netherlands where participant swhere asked to say stressful things in an interview when someone was desperate for a job
90% of participants obeyed and they had the small result as pilgrim in the proximity variation.
shows that the research applies to different cultures
What is one limitation of the agentic state?
Doesn’t explain may research findings
the 16 of 18 nurses who disobey a direct order from a doctor to issue and overdose to a patent even though the doctor had clear authority most disobeyed.
suggest the angentic state cannot always explain obedience
What is one strength of legitimacy of authority?
Its has cross cultural value
one study found that 16% of female Australians obeyed in a pilgrim like study but 85% of germans did
this shows that authority is more likely to be accepted in different settings
What are two strength of social support as a reason for resistance to social influence?
One strength is research evidence for the positive effects
teen fresh start- pregnant teenagers less likely to smoke when they have the support of a buddy more that those who do not
one strength is another piece of research where participants where asked to help an oil company run a smear campaign. found higher levels of disobedience than pilgrim did in his probably because they could discuss in groups so they had the social support.
What is one strength of LOC as an explanation for disobedience?
A repeat of pilgrims study with assessments of LOC found those with hight internal disobeyed 37% while external only disobeyed 23% shows a clear difference.
One limitation of LOC as an explanation for disobedience?
There is research that may challenge the link
Researcher found that over a 40 year period people have become more resistant to social influence and authority while having an external LOC
this may meant hat LOC is an invalid explanation for disobedience.
This is a limitation of research into minority influence?
One limitation is that tasks are artificial
Moscivicis study is not something that you would be faced with in real life
this means they lack in external validity
What does conformity research suggest about social change?
Aschs study shows that a dissenter can encourage others to dissent
NSI can be used to spark social change as people want to be accepted- used in campaigns
What does obedience research suggest about social change?
Milgrims research represents the role of disobedient role models as obedience dropped to 10% when another teacher disobeyed
One strength of research into social change?
Social influence based on NSI does work
study in a town where people got messages written with NSI telling them to reduce energy use because other are doing it had significantly lower energy usage than a control group who had a normal message.
