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Unit 4: The influence of others
Quick questions on Conformity and obedience: social influence, Asch, Milgram and situational factors (QCE Psychology Unit 4)
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What is asch (1951), the line study?Show answer
Participants judged which of three comparison lines matched a standard line, an easy task, while seated among confederates who gave obviously wrong answers on certain trials. About 75 percent of participants conformed to the wrong answer at least once, and the overall conformity rate was around 37 percent. Asch then varied the situation and found:
What is zimbardo (1971), the Stanford prison study?Show answer
Student volunteers were randomly assigned as guards or prisoners in a mock prison. The guards quickly became abusive and the prisoners passive and distressed, and the study was stopped early. Zimbardo argued that the situation and assigned social roles, more than personality, drove the behaviour. The study is also a major ethics case study because of the harm to participants.
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