conformity
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- Created on: 08-04-20 10:20
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- conformity-types and explanation- evaluation
- research support-ISI: Lucas
- asked students to give answers to maths problems
- greater conformity to incorrect answers when they were difficult than when they were easier
- most true for students with low mathematical ability
- shows people conform in situations where they feel they dont know the answer
- look to others and assume they know better than us and must be right
- limitation of ISI- individual differences
- n affiliatiors- care more about being liked
- McGhee and Teevan found students in high need of affiliation were more likely to conform
- shows that the desire to be liked underlies conformity for some more than others, therefore there are individual differences in the way people respond- not generalisable
- research support- NSI
- asch asked students their reason for conforming
- said they felt self conscious of giving the wrong answer- afraid of disapproval- said they wanted to be accepted
- conformity rates fell to 12.5% when participants wrote answers
- supports explanation of NSI
- limitation of NSI and ISI- the two process approach is oversimplified
- approach states behaviour is either due to NSI and ISI
- also reduced power of ISI- alternate info
- research support-ISI: Lucas
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