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Conformity Flashcards

1
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Conformity

A

yielding to majority influence or group pressure

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2
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Dispositional hypothesis

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behaviour due to innate personality

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3
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Situational hypothesis

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behaviour due to environment

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4
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Three types of conformity

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Compliance
Indentification
Internalisation

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5
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Compliance

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superficial agreement with group
public not private

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Identification

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value group so conform
prepare to change views to be part of group

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7
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Internalisation

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conforming as you accept norms
private and public

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8
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Two explanations of conformity

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Normative social influence
Informational social influence

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Normative social influence

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agreeing to be liked to not be rejected

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NSI - AO3

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  • susceptable to individual differences
  • some less concerned with being liked
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11
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NSI + AO3

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nAffiliators are people who need to be liked
McGhee and Teevan - students succumb to NSI if nAffiliator

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12
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Informational social influence

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unsure how to behave so look to others for guidance
based on peoples desire to be correct

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13
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ISI - AO3

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Doesn’t affect everyone in the same way

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ISI + AO3

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Lucas et al - ppts solve maths questions easy to hard
As questions became more difficult, poor mathematicians more likely to conform and good mathematicians did not

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Asch’s line jusdgement task - how many ppts

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  • 123 ppts
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16
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Asch - where were people sat

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real ppt sat penultimate
rest were confederates

17
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Asch - confederates answers

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same but incorrect 12/18 times

18
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Asch - ppts correct when confederate correct

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98%

19
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Asch - ppts correct when confederate incorrect

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36.8%

20
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Asch - how many ppt conformed

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75%

21
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Asch - how many ppts always conformed

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5%

22
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Asch - how many ppts never conformed?

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25%

23
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Asch - conclusion

A

Some conform even when clearly wrong

24
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Variables affecting Asch conformity - grp size

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group size increase -> higher conformity but plateaus at 3/4

25
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Variables affecting Asch conformity - anonymity

A

reduced to 12.5%

26
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Variables affecting Asch conformity - ambiguity

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high ambiguity led to high conformity - ISI

27
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Variables affecting Asch conformity - Ally

A

dropped to 5.5%

28
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Asch + AO3

A

lab experiment (- low ecological validity)
ppts all same demographics - camparing like with like

29
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Asch - AO3

A

Perrin and Spencer = replicated on UK uni students and found no conformity (- engineering students so lacks internal valididty)

30
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Zimbardo conforming to social roles - how were ppts allocated

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to prison or guard randomally

31
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Zimbardo conforming to social roles - how did the experiment start for the prisoners

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they were arrested at their homes by real police, stripped, deloused, and given ID number and clothes

32
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Zimardo conforming to social roles - what were guards given

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uniform, reflective sunglasses, and sticks

33
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Zimbardo conforming to social roles - findings

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Pisoners were anxious, depressed, and ill
Guards were aggressive and brutal
It was stopped on the 6th day

34
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Zimbardo conforming to social roles - conclusion

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prison conditions due to situational factors not dispositional

35
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Zimbardo + AO3

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+ecological validity (- Banuazizi + Mohaved = just acting not conforming)
+90% converstations about prison life = conforming to roles

36
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Zimbardo - AO3

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  • Fromm = 1/3 guards were brutal and one claimed to model guard from ‘cook hand luke’ = dispositional factors present
  • Reicher + Hasiam = failed to replicate finding + guard failed to form shared social identity + prisoners took control

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