Social Influence-factors Affecting Conformity Asch.

Question 1

1 confed ,1 naive

Answer 1

= decrease to 4%

Question 2

Unanimity is

Answer 2

Extent to which all agree

Question 3

1 vonnfed always give right answer =

Answer 3

decreased to 5.5%

Question 4

3 confeds ,1 naive =

Answer 4

Decrease to 31.8%

Question 5

1 dissenter gives a different wrong answer =

Answer 5

Decreased to 9%

Question 6

1 confed gives right answer somtimes and wrong answer other times =

Answer 6

Decrease to 25%

Question 7

Unanimities effects

Answer 7

Breaking groups unanimity ,major factor in reducing conformity

Question 8

Task difficulty

Answer 8

Conformity I crease,more ambiguous

Question 9

High control

Answer 9

I’ve causing dv,task difficulty, group size,degree of unanimity.

Question 10

Et al

Answer 10

Means and others

Question 11

Supporting research for ISI and internalisation

Answer 11

Sherif-asked participants to estimate how far direction of light moved,optical illusion,asked alone then in group,found estimation changed ,more like groups.

Question 12

High control for VARIABLES affecting conforrmity

Answer 12

Experimental method ,EV reduced cause and effect
Lab IV(task difficulty,unanimity,group size ) causing DV (participant answers)
So high validity

Question 13

Limited sample ,low pop val- VARIABLES affecting conformity

Answer 13

123 male students,gender biasy,not representative of female behaviour,Neto 1995 said women want more liked,
Bad cus task difficulty,group size,unanimity difficult to generalise.low external val

Question 14

Research support VARIABLES affecting conformity

Answer 14

Task difficulty
TODD LUCAS 2006
Participants sole easy and hard qs students (not real)gave answers fro the 3 students.most conformed on difficult qs

Question 15

Counterpoint to research support VARIABLES affecting conformity

Answer 15

Research found to be more complex than aschs suggested .Lucas et al study found high standards in maths abilities conformed less on hard tasks than those with more confidence .shows individual differences can effect likelihood of conforming

Question 16

Culturally bias

Answer 16

US individualistic,in collectivist cultures e.g China where social group more important than individual.conformity rate higher.Bond and Smith 1996
Markus 1991cus viewed more favourably ,binds communities together..diff to generalise.only represent US