social influence

Question 1

3 types of conformity

Answer 1

internalisation
identification
compliance

Question 2

what is identification

Answer 2

changes behaviour to be apart of a group

Question 3

what is internalisation

Answer 3

acceptance of private and public beliefs of group norms

Question 4

what is compliance

Answer 4

goes along with public beliefs but doesn’t change private changes

Question 5

2 explanations of conformity

Answer 5

informational and normative social influence

Question 6

informational social influence

Answer 6

conforms to be right

Question 7

normative social influence

Answer 7

conformed or to be liked or accepted

Question 8

Asch research- his procedure

Answer 8

123 men judged line lengths, confederates deliberately gave wrong answers

Question 9

Asch’s findings towards his research

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naïve participants conformed on 36.85%, 25% never conformed

Question 10

3 different variations found in Asch’s research

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group size- varied from 2 to 16
unanimity- Asch placed a dissenter, conformity decreased
task difficulty- conformity raised when tasks were difficult

Question 11

strength of Asch’s research

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artificial stimuli and task- participants knew that this was a study so played along

Question 12

weakness towards Asch’s research

Answer 12

limited application- Asch’s study only conducted on male participants

Question 13

Zimbardo’s Stanford prison experiment- procedure

Answer 13

• mock prison with 21 student volunteered, randomly assigned to guards and prisoners

Question 14

findings within Zimbardo’s experiment relating to social roles

Answer 14

guards came brutal, prisoners came depressed, but also demanded a rebellion
study stopped after 6 days

Question 15

strength of Zimbardo’s research

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there was control, the random assignments increased internal validity

Question 16

weakness of Zimbardo’s research

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lack of realism, participants only acted the way they did based off of media stereotypes

Question 17

obedience- Milgram’s research procedure

Answer 17

• American me
• fake electric shocks were given to the ‘learner’ in response to prods from the ‘experiementer’

Question 18

Milgram’s findings of the shock experiment

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• 65% gave the highest shocks of 450v
• 100% gave shocks up to 350v
• many showed signs of anxiety

Question 19

strength of Milgram’s shock experiment

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research support
- French tv shows found that 80% gave maximum shocks, there is similar behaviour to Milgram’s study

Question 20

weakness of Milgram’s shock Experiment

Answer 20

there is low internal validity, participants found that the shocks were fake so ‘play acting’

Question 21

sit variable- what is proximity

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physical distance between individuals and knowing the consequence of their actions

Question 22

research within proximity in obedience

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psychological distance effects obedience
30% of people will not obey due to touch proximaty

Question 23

sit variable- what is location

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a person is more likely to obey in a location that are perceived to be legitimate, i.e. universities etc.

Question 24

research within location in obedience

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Milgram’s yale study, obedience, 47% in rundown office, university = authority

Question 25

sit variable- what is uniform

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people tend to obey by being instructed by someone in uniform as it shows that they have the power and the authority, i.e. a police officer

Question 26

research within uniform in obedience

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obedience went to 20% when experimenter was a member of the public.
uniform shows legitimate authority

Question 27

what’s the difference between agentic state and autonomous state

Answer 27

agentic state = acting as an agent for another person
autonomous state= free to act according to conscious

Question 28

difference between legitimacy of authority and destructive authority

Answer 28

legitimacy of authority is created by the hierarchy of nature in society
destructive authority are problems that arise when used destructively

Question 29

what did Adorno et al do within obedience

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he described the authoritarian personality as an extreme respect for authority

Question 30

what are the origins of authoritarian personality

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harsh parenting that creates hostility that cannot be expressed

Question 31

Adorno et al procedure

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used a F-scale to study unconscious attitudes towards other ethic groups

Question 32

Adorno et al findings

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AP is identified in strong people, people have fixed cognitive styles and can hold stereotypes

Question 33

weakness within Adorno’s research

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limited explanations as he can’t explain obedience across a whole culture.

Question 34

what is consistency in minority influence

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minority members share the same belief and retain them over time

Question 35

what is commitment in minority influence

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attracts attention and reinforces messages

Question 36

what is flexibility in minority influence

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its more convincing if they accept the same things

Question 43

resistance of conformity

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conformity is reduced by the presence of dissenters from a group

Question 44

resistance in obedience

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obedience decreases on the presence of disobedient peers who acts as a model to follow

Question 45

what is locus of control

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its the sense of what directs events in our life

Question 46

resistance in social influence

Answer 46

internals can resist social influence, be more confident and need less for approval

Question 47

lessons from minority influence

Answer 47

its a powerful force of innovation and social change