Back to the full dot-point answer
QLDPsychologyQuick questions
Unit 4: The influence of others
Quick questions on Status and power: social roles, the bases of power and the Stanford prison experiment (QCE Psychology Unit 4)
2short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is the bases of social power?Show answer
John French and Bertram Raven identified the sources from which power flows. Knowing these by name strengthens an exam response.
What is the Stanford prison experiment?Show answer
Philip Zimbardo's 1971 Stanford prison experiment is the classic demonstration of how status and assigned roles transform behaviour. Volunteer students were randomly assigned to be guards or prisoners in a simulated prison. Within days, guards became increasingly authoritarian and abusive while prisoners became passive and distressed. The study was halted after six days instead of two weeks.
Have a question we have not covered?
This dot-point answer is short enough that we have not extracted many short questions yet. Read the full dot-point answer or ask Mo, our study assistant, in the chat for follow ups.