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A-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY (AQA)
Social influence
resistance to social influence
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What is
social
support
in the context of resistance to social influence?
Support from a
dissenter
helps
resist
pressure
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How does
social
support
affect
conformity
and
obedience
?
It allows
individuals
to act
independently
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What was the
result of Milgram’s variation
with a
disobedient
confederate
?
Obedience
fell to
10%
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What does
locus of control measure
?
Belief in
personal control
over life events
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How do
'internals'
differ
from
'externals'
in locus of control?
Internals
attribute
success to
personal effort
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Why are
'internals'
more likely to
resist influence?
They take
personal
responsibility
for
actions
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What did
Allen and Levine (1971
) find about social support?
Dissenters
reduce
conformity
levels
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What
percentage of 'internals' refused to obey in Holland's study?
37%
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What did Twenge et al. (2004) find about locus of control in Americans?
More resistant to
obedience
but more
external
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What is minority influence?
Small group influences
larger group's
beliefs
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What are the three key factors for successful minority influence?
Consistency
,
commitment
, and flexibility
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What is the snowball effect in minority influence?
Minority view
becomes
majority view
over time
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How did Moscovici's study demonstrate the importance of consistency?
Participants
agreed more with consistent confederates
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What is a limitation of Moscovici's research on minority influence?
It lacks
external validity
due to
artificial tasks
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What happens when participants can write answers down in Moscovici's variation?
More agreement with the minority
occurs
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What is social change?
Adoption of new
attitudes
by societies
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How can a minority influence social change?
By being
consistent
,
committed
, and flexible
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What is social cryptoamnesia?
Population
forgets how change occurred
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How does normative influence affect social change?
Encourages others to
conform
to new behaviors
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What did Nolan et al. (2008) find about energy use messages?
Messages are more effective with
social comparison
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What do studies like Moscovici, Asch, and Milgram suggest about social change?
Consistency
and
dissenters
are important factors
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Why does social change happen slowly in reality?
Explanations
of social change are limited
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Who studied conformity by judging line lengths?
Asch
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What is the definition of obedience?
Performing
an
action
due
to
instruction
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Which explanation of conformity results in internalisation?
Informational influence
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What percentage of Milgram’s participants went to the maximum shock level?
65%
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Who developed the concept of the authoritarian personality?
Adorno
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Are people with an external locus of control more or less likely to conform?
More
likely
to
conform
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How many participants were in Milgram’s original study?
40
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Where did Zimbardo’s prison study take place?
Stanford
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Which of these is not a type of conformity?
Normative
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