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WorksheetsA-level Social Influence Practice 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Obedience can be defined as...
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
What percentage of participants went to 450V's in Milgram's study?
65%
75%
85%
100%
In Milgram's study the participant took the role of the...
Experimenter
Learner
Teacher
Confederate
What were the qualitative findings of Milgram's study?
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
Which variation of Milgram's study produced the highest obedience levels?
Proximity to the experimenter (phone condition)
Proximity to the participant (shock plate condition)
Location (run down office)
Uniform (lab coat)
A strength of Milgram's original study was...
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
A dispositional factor is also know as a...
Environmental factor
Conformity factor
Authoritarian Personality
Personality factor
Which of these is a dispositional factor which explains why people obey?
The authoritarian personality
The locus of control explanation
Social support
Extraversion / Introversion
Authoritarian personalities often develop...
through bad parenting
through a strict upbring
through your genes
through being exposed to left-wing views
Milgram and Elms supported the authoritarian personality theory through...
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
What is the mediating factor for the authoritarian personality?
Social support
Education
Normative social influence
Locus of Control
A socio-psychological factor is...
An Environmental factor
A Personality factor
A factor which affects other peoples behaviour
A factor which shows people influence on you
The agentic state theory suggests...
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
When we are discussing resistance to social influence, what should we refer to? (tick all that apply)
Why people obey
Why people disobey
Why people conform
Why people don't conform
A high internal locus of control is...
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
