Social Influence - Situational variables affecting obedience Flashcards
1
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Research to support situational variables affecting obedience was a…conducted by…
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field experiment…Bickman.
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What did Bickman get the confederates to do?
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- Dress in the 3 different outfits:
1) A security guard
2) A milkman
3) A businessman - Ask passers-by to give money for parking or pick up litter
3
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What did Bickman find?
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Ppts were twice as likely to follow instructions of the confederate wearing a security guard uniform than the businessman
4
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What does Bickman’s experiment support?
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- Power of uniform
- Ppts were more likely to follow the orders
- Because uniform acted as a visual cue for legitimate authority
- Obedience increases
5
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Therefore, increasing the…
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validity of uniform as situational variable affecting obedience.
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