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A deep type of conformity where we take on the majoirty view because we accept it as correct. What is being described?

• Internalisation

• Identification

• Compliance

• Normative social influence

Answer explanation

This change is usually permanent because attitudes have been internalised i.e. become part of the way the person thinks.

People are more likely to conform to the wrong answer if the task is hard. This is support for what type of social influence

• Identification

• Compliance

• Normal social influence (NSI)

• Informational social influence (ISI)

Answer explanation

In Asch's variation study, he found te more difficult the task, the more liekly participants were t conform to the wrong answer. Lucas et al(2006) found the same when participants were asked a difficult maths question.

A confederate is...

• ...someone who does not really want to do the study

• ...someone who already knows the aim of the study and is a 'fake' participant

• ....someone who thinks they know the aim of the participant

• ...the extent to which all the members of a group agree

There were ___ American male participants in Asch's study.

What there the variations of Asch's study?

Draw Asch's line task

Asch's study was an artificial task and situation. This could be seen as a limitation because..

• ...the participants were all male, which is gender bias and can lead to androcentrism in Psychology.

• ...the participants were from the USA which is a collectivist culture.

• ...participants were in an experiment, there may have been demand characteristics

• ...participants were decieved in this study which is an ethical issue in which they should be debriefed.

which of the following is a type of conformity?

• unanimity

• internalisation

• normative social influence

• obedience

which of the following statement best describes compliance?

• conforming to a majority because we want to be accepted or liked

• publicly and privately agreeing with the majority view

• publicly agreeing with the majority but privately disagreeing

• conforming to a majority because we want to be correct

which of the following statements best describes normative social influence?

• going along with a group of people because we want to be liked by them

• going along with a group of people because we don't know what we're doing

• going along with other people even though we don't agree

• going along with other people because we accept their views