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Independent behaviour

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Resisting the pressure to conform or obey

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Locus of control

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How in control a person feels over what they do and their behaviour

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External locus of control

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Blaming others for your behaviour and don’t take responsibility

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Internal locus of control

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Taking responsibility for your actions

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Identification

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A form of influence where an individual adopts an attitude or behaviour because they want to be associated with a particular person or group

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Social norms

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Expected behaviour or an unwritten rule

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Conformity

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A type of social influence involving a change in what we do or what we think and say in response to the influence of other or social pressure

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Three types of conformity

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Compliance
Internalisation
Identification

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Compliance

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Occurs when an individual accepts influence because they hope to achieve a favourable reaction from those around them

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Internalisation

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Occurs when an individual accepts influence because the content of the attitude or behaviour proposed is consistent with their own value system

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What are the two explanations for conformity

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Normative social influence and informational social influence

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Obedience

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Is following/ complying with a order from a superior person

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What are the 3 situational variables that affect obedience

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Proximity
Location
Power of uniform

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Proximity

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Distance between the person giving the order and the person receiving it

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Location

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Where the study takes place

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Power of uniform

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How the people are dressed, may make them feel / look powerful

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External locus of control

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Blame others don’t take responsibility

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Independent behaviour

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Resisting the pressure to conform or obey

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Locus of control

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How in control a person feels over what they do, and their behaviour

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Internal locus of control

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They take responsibility

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Who researched into conformity

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Sherif and asch

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Advantages of asch and sherif study’s

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Can establish cause and effect as they both used lab experiments and is controlled
They are reliable as both produced similar results so can be repeated

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Disadvantages of asch and sherif studies

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Lack population validity as they would have reacted differently if they were with family or friends as they’d feel comfortable so can’t apply studies to other group situations
Unethical- deception as participants were deceived into changing answers
Didn’t have any informed consent

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What’s the type of conformity that’s most likely to occur due to normative social influence

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Compliance

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What’s the type of conformity most likely to occur due to informational social influence

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Internalisation

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Who studied informational social influence

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Sherif

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Who studied normative social influence

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Asch

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Variables effecting conformity

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Group size
Difficulty of the task
Unanimity of the majority

29
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Who researched Into obedience

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Milgram

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Advantages of milgrams study

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Lab experiment- controlled no external factors, can repeat and compare so it’s reliable
Volunteer sample- random so no bias, less time consuming, less likely to withdraw because they volunteer

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Disadvantages of milgrams study

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All male participants- lacks population validity wanted new haven men ages 20-50
Lacks ecological validity so can’t generalise to real life
Limited people who’s going to volunteer as it’s only in one area
Unethical- right to withdraw not clear so felt they had to stay because of prods
Protection from harm- psychological as participants were distressed
Deception- didn’t know it was fake

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Who researched into the authoritarian personality for obedience

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Adorno

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Advantages of Adorno study

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Using questionnaires meaning less time consuming

Graphs can be used to analyse and collect the results

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Disadvantages of Adorno study

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Lacks population validity as all participants were white middle class americans 
People may misinterpret questionnaires so people may lie so may lack validity
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Participants in Adorno study

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2000 white middle class Americans

36
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What scale was used in Adorno study to look at their unconscious attitudes towards racial groups

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F scale

37
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Social change

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When a society adopts a new belief or way of believing that then becomes widely accepted as the norm

38
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What are the most important behavioural characteristics of the minority

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Consistency- most important
Commitment
Flexibility

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Who studied social change

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Moscovici

40
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Snow ball effect

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Starts off a minority but it gradually gets bigger

41
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Social cryptoamnesia

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Over time people forget that the social norm was once a minority view

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Advantages of moscovici study

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Lab experiment so it’s controlled

Supported by real life study’s- rosa parks and the suffragettes- ecologically valid

43
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Two reasons why people may resist the pressure to conform and obey

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Social support

Locus of control

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How does social support help resist pressures to conform and obey

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A non conforming role model may allow a person to resist the pressure to conform as they have the support for their answer not to look odd and don’t feel foolish