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Social Influence - Conformity to Social Roles Flashcards

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1
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Social role

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The behaviours expected of an individual

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What are the expected behaviours due to?

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The social position status the person has occupied

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Example of social roles

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Fireman or police officer

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Conformity to a social role

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The extent of which people behave in the expected manners of their social role

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Who carried out an experiment into conformity of social roles?

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Zimbardo

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What was the name of the experiment into conformity to social roles?

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Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment

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What year was the experiment into conformity to social roles carried out?

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1971

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Where was the SPE conducted?

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In a mock prison set up in the basement of Stanford University

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What sampling method was used to get participants for the SPE?

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Volunteer sampling

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What were participants offered for doing the SPE?

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$15 per day

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How many people volunteered to be in the SPE?

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70

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Out of all volunteers, how many participants were selected to be in the SPE?

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24

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Who was selected from the volunteers?

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People who were deemed ‘emotionally stable’ to take part after completing screening

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What roles were the volunteers assigned to? How were they assigned?

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Randomly assigned to role of guard and role of prisoner

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Participants of the SPE

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All-male Stanford University students

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How were the prisoners of the SPE taken to the prison?

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They were arrested at their homes and transported to the prison

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What happened to the prisoners when they arrived at the prison in the SPE?

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they were blindfolded, strip searched and given a uniform and a number instead of a name

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What were the guards given and told in the SPE?

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Given a uniform, which included mirrored sunglasses, and told they had complete power over the prisoners

19
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Findings of the SPE for the guards

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The guards became fully invested in their social roles

20
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How long was the SPE intended to last?

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14 days

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How long did the SPE last?

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6 days

22
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Why was the SPE cut short?

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Because the guards became a threat to the prisoners physical and mental well-being

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What significant event happened after 2 days of the SPE?

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The prisoners rebelled against the harsh treatment and the guards retaliated with violence and aggression

24
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What happened to one of the prisoners after day 1 of the SPE?

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They were released after showing signs of psychological disturbance

25
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What happened to two of the prisoners on day 4 of the SPE?

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They were released, with one of them going on the hunger strike due to the unfair treatment

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Zimbardo’s SPE conclusion

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The power of the situation will influence peoples conformity to the behaviours of their social roles

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Who conformed to their roles within the SPE?

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The guards, prisoners and researchers (even Zimbardo)

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Strength of the SPE: lab experiment

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Experiment is completely controlled as it is a lab experiment

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Strength of the SPE: control

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Individual differences controlled
Extraneous variables controlled

30
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Limitation of the SPE: replicability

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Not easily replicable due to ethical guidelines

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Limitation of the SPE: sample

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All-male and all-student sample means results may lack representativeness and generalisability

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Limitation of the SPE: Zimbardo as the prison warden

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Investigator effects

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Limitation of the SPE: ethical issues

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Deception
Possibility of psychological and physical harm to participants
Not fully informed consent

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Limitation of the SPE: realism

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Experiment lacks realism as Zimbardo claims “if you put a good person in a bad situation they will conform” which isn’t necessarily true

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Limitation of the SPE: personality traits

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Personality traits of the participants may of been dispositional influences to the results

36
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Who believes that the results of the SPE were influenced by dispositional influences?

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Fromm as he accuses Zimbardo of exaggerating power of the situation and not taking dispositional influences into account

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