Compliance

Identification

Internalisation

Informational Social Influence

because we want to be liked

because we want to fit in

in situations where we are uncertain

in situations where we want to do something even though we know it is wrong

we struggle to distinguish between compliance and identification

there is no research to support its existance

there are cultural differences

it takes a holistic view of why we conform

comparison line which matched with three possible standard lines

standard line which would match against three possible comparison lines

administer electric shocks to a leaner

administer electric shocks to a teacher

33% of participants conformed everytime

65% of participants conformed at least once

75% of participants conformed at least once

100% of participants conformed at least once

people conform for several different reasons

people obey because they want to fit in

people resist social influence because they have social support

people conform to their social roles

The experiment was not highly controlled

It is of its time and therefore might not be valid now

Its sample was representative of the population

It used confederates which makes the study unethical

Conformity Factor

Dispositional factor

Personality Factor

Situational Factor

Difficulty of the Task

Group Size

Unanimity

Uniform

It was not highly controlled, their were multiple variables being manipulated at once, intentionally

There might be other mediating factors such as self-efficacy

There is research which disagrees with the findings

Asch exaggerated the results of the study

65%

75%

90%

100%

whether or not people would obey the prison guards in a mock prison environment

how much influence the prison warden had over the guards and prisoners behaviour

whether or not people could resist social influence

to what extent people would conform to their social roles

the prisoners were arrested from their own homes

the prisoners were stripped and deloused

the prisoners were put into their cells once they arrived

the guards started to be verbally aggressive to the prisoners

Informed Consent

Protection from harm

Confidentiality

Right to Withdraw

following the majorities behaviour

following what an authority figure tells you to do

having an authoritarian personality

believing that you take responsibility for your actions

65%

75%

85%

100%

Experimenter

Learner

Teacher

Confederate

The participants ran into the learners room to check they were okay

85% of them were glad to have taken part

The participants sweated and shook

The participants were aggressive towards the experimenter

Proximity to the experimenter (phone condition)

Proximity to the participant (shock plate condition)

Location (run down office)

Uniform (lab coat)

His variations were highly controlled and therefore the studies have internal validity

There is research to support from Asch

There is cross-cultural support for his variations

It accurately reflects obedience in real life

Environmental factor

Conformity factor

Authoritarian Personality

Personality factor

The authoritarian personality

The locus of control explanation

Social support

Extraversion / Introversion

through bad parenting

through a strict upbring

through your genes

through being exposed to left-wing views

repeating the study and asking them to complete a follow up interview about their personality

getting confederates who also played the role of the learner to refuse to continue

asking psychology students to decide whether or not the individuals in the original study had an A.P through watching the video recordings

asking the original participants of the experiment to complete the f-scale questionnaire

Social support

Education

Normative social influence

Locus of Control

An Environmental factor

A Personality factor

A factor which affects other peoples behaviour

A factor which shows people influence on you

People move from an autonomous state to an agentic state where people believe they have no responsibility for their actions

We are influenced by people we perceive have power over us because of societal hierarchies and therefore obey these individuals

There are destructive authority figures who cause us to behave in a negative way and carry out behaviours we wouldn't usually

people will obey authority figures if they don't have social support

people expect there to be an authority figure in an experiment so obey

65% of participants went to 300V's

The closer the participant to the experimenter, the more likely we are to obey

Identification

Normative social influence

Legitimacy of authority

Proximity to an authority figure

Why people obey

Why people disobey

Why people conform

Why people don't conform

more likely to obey an authority

less likely to take responsibility for their actions

less likely to conform to the majority

more likely to believe in fate or luck

someone who doesn't believe in everything happening for a reason

more likely to take responsibility for their actions

more likely to obey

someone who believes that we have control over our actions

He asked confederates to refuse to do the experiment

He asked participants to stand nearer to an authority figure

He asked participants to complete a questionnaire which measured the responsibility the took

He asked participants to complete a questionnaire which measured how likely they were to obey authority figures

be repeated to find the same results

show all cultures LOC personality

be generalisable to everyone in the general population

accurately reflect how people act in real life

conformity in all situations, only when influenced by NSI

everyone's obedience because of individual differences

the different reasons why people obey

of the feeling of solidarity among yourself and others

we like to believe we can over power authority figures

we recognise them as destructive authority figures

we take personal responsibility for our actions

It is difficult to study as it is hard to observe mediating factors that might play a role

There is little evidence to support the idea

The theory has methodological issues, so we cannot be sure it is internally valid

Compliance

Identification

Normative social influence

Informational social influence

the willingness to be adaptable

the stability in the minorities expressed position

the degree to which members are dedicated to the cause

the willingness to be adaptable

the stability in the minorities expressed position

the degree to which members are dedicated to the cause

Consistency

Commitment

Flexibility

Drawing attention

Cognitive conflict

Snowball effect

Consistency

Protesting

Answering back to a parent

Talking during class

Social support

Social change

Commitment

Minority Influence