U2 AOS 1 - Obedience & Conformity

Question 1

Obedience

Answer 1

complying with commands which are often given by a source of authority

Question 2

Factors that affect obedience

Answer 2

proximity, group pressure, legitimacy/status of the authority figure

Question 3

Milgrim’s experiment aim

Answer 3

The aim was to discover whether participants would obey an authority figure and carry out actions that caused pain to another person.

Question 4

Milgrim’s experiment participants

Answer 4

40 white males aged 20-50

Question 5

Milgrim’s experiment results

Answer 5

65% of participants administrated the highest shock level

Question 6

Ethical breaches

Answer 6

no harm principle, withdrawal rights and decpetion & debriefing

Question 7

Methodological isses

Answer 7

biased sample, artificial experimental setting

Question 8

Conformity

Answer 8

Adjusting to one’s thoughts, feelings or behaviour to match those of others, a social group or social situation.

Question 9

Factors that affect conformity

Answer 9

Social norms, group shift, groupthink, deindividuation

Question 10

Group shift

Answer 10

occurs when disscussion leads a group to adopt attitudes or actions that are more extreme than the inital attitudes or actions of the individual group member

Question 11

Groupthink

Answer 11

People’s desire to maintain group loyalty becomes more important than making the best choices.

Question 12

Asch’s experiment aim

Answer 12

to measure the extent to which individuals would conform to a majority group.

Question 13

Asch’s experiment participants

Answer 13

50 first year male university students

Question 14

Asch’s experiment results

Answer 14

74% of the participants conformed to a clearly incorrect answer at least once during the study.