Conformity: Types and explanations AO3
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- Conformity: Types and explanations AO3
- Individual differences in NSI
- People who care more about being liked are more affected by NSI. They are nAffiliators - people with greater need for social relationships
- McGee and Teevan (1967): found that students who were nAffiliators more likely to conform
- Desire to be liked underlines conformity for some people more than others - one general theory doesn't cover fact there are differences
- McGee and Teevan (1967): found that students who were nAffiliators more likely to conform
- People who care more about being liked are more affected by NSI. They are nAffiliators - people with greater need for social relationships
- ISI: research support
- Lucas et al (2006) asked students to give answers to easy and more difficult maths problems
- There was more conformity to incorrect answers when the problems were more difficult - especially true for student who rated maths ability as poor
- People conform in situations when they don't know answer - look to others and assume they know better than us (NSI)
- There was more conformity to incorrect answers when the problems were more difficult - especially true for student who rated maths ability as poor
- Lucas et al (2006) asked students to give answers to easy and more difficult maths problems
- Limitation ISI: Individual differences
- Asch (1955): students less conformist (28%) compared with other participants (37%)
- Perrin and Spencer (1980): Less conformity in students - in this study they were UK engineering students (high self-efficacy)
- People who are knowledgeable and/or more confident are less influenced by 'right' view of majority - self efficacy factor unaccounted for
- Perrin and Spencer (1980): Less conformity in students - in this study they were UK engineering students (high self-efficacy)
- Asch (1955): students less conformist (28%) compared with other participants (37%)
- Limitation of NSI and ISI: 'two process' oversimplified
- Deutsch and Gerard (1955): suggested two process - behaviour due to either ISI or NSI
- Conformity was reduced when dissenting participant introduced in Asch (1955) variation - social support (NSI) or alternate source (ISI)?
- Isn't always possible to know whether NSI or ISI are at work - the two process model is too reductionist
- Conformity was reduced when dissenting participant introduced in Asch (1955) variation - social support (NSI) or alternate source (ISI)?
- Deutsch and Gerard (1955): suggested two process - behaviour due to either ISI or NSI
- Strength of NSI: Research support
- Asch (1951): asked participants to explain why they agreed with wrong answer - most common was afraid of disapproval (NSI)
- When Asch asked participants to write down their answers, conformity dropped to 12.5% from original 36.8%
- Supports participants own reports that they were conforming because of NSI
- When Asch asked participants to write down their answers, conformity dropped to 12.5% from original 36.8%
- Asch (1951): asked participants to explain why they agreed with wrong answer - most common was afraid of disapproval (NSI)
- Individual differences in NSI
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