Social Influence✅

Question 1

Independent behaviour

Answer 1

Resisting the pressure to conform or obey

Question 2

Locus of control

Answer 2

How in control a person feels over what they do and their behaviour

Question 3

External locus of control

Answer 3

Blaming others for your behaviour and don’t take responsibility

Question 4

Internal locus of control

Answer 4

Taking responsibility for your actions

Question 5

Identification

Answer 5

A form of influence where an individual adopts an attitude or behaviour because they want to be associated with a particular person or group

Question 6

Social norms

Answer 6

Expected behaviour or an unwritten rule

Question 7

Conformity

Answer 7

A type of social influence involving a change in what we do or what we think and say in response to the influence of other or social pressure

Question 8

Three types of conformity

Answer 8

Compliance
Internalisation
Identification

Question 9

Compliance

Answer 9

Occurs when an individual accepts influence because they hope to achieve a favourable reaction from those around them

Question 10

Internalisation

Answer 10

Occurs when an individual accepts influence because the content of the attitude or behaviour proposed is consistent with their own value system

Question 11

What are the two explanations for conformity

Answer 11

Normative social influence and informational social influence

Question 12

Obedience

Answer 12

Is following/ complying with a order from a superior person

Question 13

What are the 3 situational variables that affect obedience

Answer 13

Proximity
Location
Power of uniform

Question 14

Proximity

Answer 14

Distance between the person giving the order and the person receiving it

Question 15

Location

Answer 15

Where the study takes place

Question 16

Power of uniform

Answer 16

How the people are dressed, may make them feel / look powerful

Question 17

External locus of control

Answer 17

Blame others don’t take responsibility

Question 18

Independent behaviour

Answer 18

Resisting the pressure to conform or obey

Question 19

Locus of control

Answer 19

How in control a person feels over what they do, and their behaviour

Question 20

Internal locus of control

Answer 20

They take responsibility

Question 21

Who researched into conformity

Answer 21

Sherif and asch

Question 22

Advantages of asch and sherif study’s

Answer 22

Can establish cause and effect as they both used lab experiments and is controlled
They are reliable as both produced similar results so can be repeated

Question 23

Disadvantages of asch and sherif studies

Answer 23

Lack population validity as they would have reacted differently if they were with family or friends as they’d feel comfortable so can’t apply studies to other group situations
Unethical- deception as participants were deceived into changing answers
Didn’t have any informed consent

Question 24

What’s the type of conformity that’s most likely to occur due to normative social influence

Answer 24

Compliance

Question 25

What’s the type of conformity most likely to occur due to informational social influence

Answer 25

Internalisation

Question 26

Who studied informational social influence

Answer 26

Sherif

Question 27

Who studied normative social influence

Answer 27

Asch

Question 28

Variables effecting conformity

Answer 28

Group size
Difficulty of the task
Unanimity of the majority

Question 29

Who researched Into obedience

Answer 29

Milgram

Question 30

Advantages of milgrams study

Answer 30

Lab experiment- controlled no external factors, can repeat and compare so it’s reliable
Volunteer sample- random so no bias, less time consuming, less likely to withdraw because they volunteer

Question 31

Disadvantages of milgrams study

Answer 31

All male participants- lacks population validity wanted new haven men ages 20-50
Lacks ecological validity so can’t generalise to real life
Limited people who’s going to volunteer as it’s only in one area
Unethical- right to withdraw not clear so felt they had to stay because of prods
Protection from harm- psychological as participants were distressed
Deception- didn’t know it was fake

Question 32

Who researched into the authoritarian personality for obedience

Answer 32

Adorno

Question 33

Advantages of Adorno study

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Using questionnaires meaning less time consuming

Graphs can be used to analyse and collect the results

Question 34

Disadvantages of Adorno study

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Lacks population validity as all participants were white middle class americans 
People may misinterpret questionnaires so people may lie so may lack validity

Question 35

Participants in Adorno study

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2000 white middle class Americans

Question 36

What scale was used in Adorno study to look at their unconscious attitudes towards racial groups

Answer 36

F scale

Question 37

Social change

Answer 37

When a society adopts a new belief or way of believing that then becomes widely accepted as the norm

Question 38

What are the most important behavioural characteristics of the minority

Answer 38

Consistency- most important
Commitment
Flexibility

Question 39

Who studied social change

Answer 39

Moscovici

Question 40

Snow ball effect

Answer 40

Starts off a minority but it gradually gets bigger

Question 41

Social cryptoamnesia

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Over time people forget that the social norm was once a minority view

Question 42

Advantages of moscovici study

Answer 42

Lab experiment so it’s controlled

Supported by real life study’s- rosa parks and the suffragettes- ecologically valid

Question 43

Two reasons why people may resist the pressure to conform and obey

Answer 43

Social support

Locus of control

Question 44

How does social support help resist pressures to conform and obey

Answer 44

A non conforming role model may allow a person to resist the pressure to conform as they have the support for their answer not to look odd and don’t feel foolish