Conformity

Question 1

Conformity

Answer 1

yielding to majority influence or group pressure

Question 2

Dispositional hypothesis

Answer 2

behaviour due to innate personality

Question 3

Situational hypothesis

Answer 3

behaviour due to environment

Question 4

Three types of conformity

Answer 4

Compliance
Indentification
Internalisation

Question 5

Compliance

Answer 5

superficial agreement with group
public not private

Question 6

Identification

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Internalisation

Answer 7

conforming as you accept norms
private and public

Question 8

Two explanations of conformity

Answer 8

Normative social influence
Informational social influence

Question 9

Normative social influence

Answer 9

agreeing to be liked to not be rejected

Question 10

NSI - AO3

Answer 10

• susceptable to individual differences
• some less concerned with being liked

Question 11

NSI + AO3

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Informational social influence

Answer 12

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

Question 13

ISI - AO3

Answer 13

Doesn’t affect everyone in the same way

Question 14

ISI + AO3

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Asch’s line jusdgement task - how many ppts

Answer 15

• 123 ppts

Question 16

Asch - where were people sat

Answer 16

real ppt sat penultimate
rest were confederates

Question 17

Asch - confederates answers

Answer 17

same but incorrect 12/18 times

Question 18

Asch - ppts correct when confederate correct

Answer 18

98%

Question 19

Asch - ppts correct when confederate incorrect

Answer 19

36.8%

Question 20

Asch - how many ppt conformed

Answer 20

75%

Question 21

Asch - how many ppts always conformed

Answer 21

5%

Question 22

Asch - how many ppts never conformed?

Answer 22

25%

Question 23

Asch - conclusion

Answer 23

Some conform even when clearly wrong

Question 24

Variables affecting Asch conformity - grp size

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Variables affecting Asch conformity - anonymity

Answer 25

reduced to 12.5%

Question 26

Variables affecting Asch conformity - ambiguity

Answer 26

high ambiguity led to high conformity - ISI

Question 27

Variables affecting Asch conformity - Ally

Answer 27

dropped to 5.5%

Question 28

Asch + AO3

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Asch - AO3

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Zimbardo conforming to social roles - how were ppts allocated

Answer 30

to prison or guard randomally

Question 31

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

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Zimardo conforming to social roles - what were guards given

Answer 32

uniform, reflective sunglasses, and sticks

Question 33

Zimbardo conforming to social roles - findings

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Zimbardo conforming to social roles - conclusion

Answer 34

prison conditions due to situational factors not dispositional

Question 35

Zimbardo + AO3

Answer 35

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

Question 36

Zimbardo - AO3

Answer 36

- 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