Psychology Paper 1 (Social Influence)

Identify three types of conformity

• Identification, Compliance, Internalisation

• Compliance, Commitment, Control

• Internalisation, Compliance, Individualisation

• Compliance, Identification, Deindividuation

Which study supports NSI?

• Asch (1951)

• Zimbardo (1973)

• Jenness (1932)

• Allen and Levine (1969)

Conformity explanations: What's the difference between NSI and ISI?

• NSI = conform to be right, ISI = conform to be liked
• NSI = conform to be liked, ISI = conform to be right
• NSI = obey to be liked, ISI = obey to be right
• NSI = obey to be right, ISI = obey to be liked

Asch (1951) - how many participants conformed to a clearly wrong answer?

• 1/5
• 1/4
• 1/3
• 1/2

Identify Asch's (1951) variations into conformity that he studied:

• Unanimity, Location, Group size
• Uniform, Task difficulty, Unanimity
• Group size, Task difficulty, Unanimity
• Proximity, Task difficulty, Unanimity

Zimbardo's research findings demonstrates...

• conformity social roles
• obedience to an authority figure
• minority influence
• Informational social influence

This is a state when you become so immersed in the norms of the group that you lose your sense of identity and personal responsibility.

• Helplessness
• Deindividuation
• Social Cryptoamnesia
• Agentic state

Which of the following criticisms apply to Zimbardo's research?

• High control, low ecological validity, low population validity

• Low control, high ecological validity, high population validity

• High control, no ethical issues, low ecological validity

• High population validity, ethical issues, High ecological validity

Which of the followng statements about Zimbardo's prison study are correct. The study showed that:

• People obey authority

• Unanimity affects behaviour

• People conform to the majority

• Behaviour is influenced by loss of identity

What type of sample were Milgram's participants?

• Random

• Opportunity

• Volunteer

• Stratified