Paper 1: Social Influence

Question 1

form of social influence

Explain what is meant by the term obedience?

Answer 1

Obedience is form of social inglence in which an individual follows a direct order. the person issuing the order is usuually a figure of authority, who has the power to punish when obedient behaviour is not forthcoming.

Question 2

Stanley Milgram’s Origional obedience study

What type of sampling and how many people where used in the study?

be specific

Answer 2

40 american men volenteered to take part in the study, supposedly on memory. when each voleneet arrived, he was inroduced to another participant (a confederate)

Question 3

origional obedience study

How was the procedure carried out?