social psychology

Question 1

what is unthinking obedience?

Answer 1

thinking of yourself as part of a role youre obliged to comply to.

Question 2

what was the Burger 2009 experiment?

Answer 2

observed if people would go over 150v on a person (was fake) to see the extent people would go to until they stopped

Question 3

what did Burger conclude in his 2009 experiment?

Answer 3

if people went over 150v they were likely to continue till 450v

Question 4

what did slater at al 2006 study consist of?

Answer 4

teachers reactions to people being hurt in VR

Question 5

in slater et al 2006 what mesaure was recorded from the teachers?

Answer 5

skin conductance levels

Question 6

what experiment did Gonzalez-Franco et al 2018 carry out? and what was found

Answer 6

used vr and control to measure emphasis on correct answers, found teahers put greater emphasis on correct answer to help participant get the correct answer

Question 7

what did Gonzalez- Franco et al 2018 experiment suggest?

Answer 7

suggests even when partipants continue they think if the fate of learner and seek to help

Question 8

what did Hofling et al 1966 do? and what were the results?

Answer 8

got the doctor to tell nurses to give a higher dosage of meds against hospital guidelines

Question 9

what were the results of the hofling et al 1966 experiment?

Answer 9

21/22 listened to doctor to give higher dosage, however 21/21 stated they would refuse to do so if asked

Question 10

what is social psychology according to Allport 1924?

Answer 10

is an individual psychology applied to the more complex stimulus conditions on the social environment

Question 11

what does all port suggest about groups

Answer 11

people do not work individually, they work and act based upon how others around them act, indivduals seen as a form of stimuli as you act differentley in a group

Question 12

what was sherifs 1935 aim?

Answer 12

to see how conformity to group norms can evolve through different influences

Question 13

how did sherif 1935 carry out the group influence experiment?

Answer 13

• used auto kinetic effect,
• subjects asked to judge how fara light moved to see how judgement changed with other people in the room
• first judgement was alone, later in group

Question 14

what were the results in Sherif’s 1935 experiment

Answer 14

a group norm was developed, gave answers close to group norm rather than individual answers.

Question 15

what were sherif’s conclusions

Answer 15

• people use other peoples judgements for validation in being correct, (social influence)
• people unaware of being influenced
• continuted to use it when alone

Question 16

what did Asch want to further investigate from Sherif’s research?

Answer 16

to show if objective was ascertainable nobody would submit influence

Question 17

how was Asch’s experiment carried out and what were the findings?

Answer 17

-line judgement task
- answers given in advance from participants
- on 6 trials participants gave correct answer
- on 12 trials they all gave the same and wrong answer

Question 18

what was the overall error rate for Aschs findings? (the measure of influence)

Answer 18

37 percent

Question 19

what perentage of people did not make any errors in Asch’s experiment?

Answer 19

25 percent

Question 20

what was Deustch and Gerrard 1955 Dual process theory?

Answer 20

that people conform for 2 reasons:
- the informational social influence
- the normative social influence

Question 21

what is the informative influence?

Answer 21

-reflects need for info about reality
-subjective uncertainty/lack fo confidence, aims to get a shared understanding
-private acceptance, continue to conform with group norm/influence
-assumed to occur in Sherif’s study

Question 22

what is the normative influence?

Answer 22

-through desire to be liked and accepted, fear of rejection or standing out
-occurs when group has awards, creates need for approval through fear of being diff.
-public compliance, not private acceptance
- shown in Aschs study

Question 23

what did Turner 1991 do in contemp, research

Answer 23

-groups are important in self definition, you identify with groups who share a connection.
-agreement in mutual connection leads to confidence, disagreement leads to uncertainty

Question 24

what was the Platow et al 2005 study?

Answer 24

• watched a comedic show to hear others laughter to see the impact on individuals behaviour
• recorded laughter
• aimed to see how other peoples feelings/emotions can affect others to feel the same way around social influence

Question 25

what did the Platow et al 2005 study show?

Answer 25

-if they were in a group of people while watching the show was found they smiled and laughed more than when they were not in group.
why?- there is an expectation to agree with in a group

Question 26

what was the platow et al 2007 study?

Answer 26

-science students held hand in icy water for as long as possible.
-confederates posed as science or arts student
-told relating subject that the second go was easier/ less painful

Question 27

what did the platow et al 2007 study conclude?

Answer 27

• after reassurance from group member less physical arousal pain recorded then the first time.
• found there was no affect if reassurance was from an out group member
• showed the expectation to agree with in group members, they are trusted more than people not relating to you.