social impact theory

Question 1

what are the three factors affecting social impact theory

Answer 1

social factors
psycho social law
division vs multiplication affect

Question 2

what are the factors in social impact theoery

Answer 2

immediacy
strength
number

Question 3

what factrs affect strength in social factors

Answer 3

age gender highrachy

Question 4

describe immediacy

Answer 4

if the individual is very close to the person giving the order

Question 5

describe the factors of strength

Answer 5

if individual giving orders is abouve you in strength and social status laf
if individual is alternate gender or age abouve you

Question 6

describe psychosocial law

Answer 6

this argues that the size of the group and the influence affects obediance

Question 7

what does multiplacation vs division impact argue

Answer 7

that the number of people in the group affects the orders given

Question 8

what is a supporting evidance of social impact theory

Answer 8

asch

Question 9

what did asch argue

Answer 9

in his varaiation asch changed the number of confederatesgiving inncorrect answer before pp answered. when group sized increased asch found that only 3% of individuals conformed

Question 10

give another supporting evidence - milgram

Answer 10

milgram experiment 7

Question 11

what does migrams experiment 7 support social impact theory

Answer 11

supports the idea of immediacy as in milgrams telephonic experiment, instructions to electrecute confederate mr wallace where given over the phone. as a result only 22.5% of pp went to 450v
t/f suggesting that the immediacy at which the instructions are given affects levels of obedience

Question 12

whats a weakness of social impact theory

Answer 12

reductionist

Question 13

how is social impact theory reductionist

Answer 13

theory is reductionist as it argues we are passive recivers of social impact and generalises obediance and copliance to everybody, thus underplaying the interconnections in human nature that give free will.
t/f this is a reductionist explination of obediance, as it is too simplistic and doesnt account for other aspects that may control obediance

Question 14

what is anouther weakness os SIT other tahn reductionist

Answer 14

their are other theories explaining obedience

Question 15

how is other theories explaining obediance a weakness

Answer 15

their are other theories explaining obediant behaviour making the SIT exlination not as strong in its explination
t/f due to other theories SIT cannot fully explain obediance