Conformity
- Created by: Laura
- Created on: 23-12-13 20:40
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- Conformity
- Social Influence which forces people to change to fit within a certain group of people.
- Normative Conformity - fitting in to be liked
- Informational Conformity - if you don't know the knowledge you change
- Social Influence which forces people to change to fit within a certain group of people.
- Study on Conformity - Asch - Line Experiment
- Conformity
- Normative Conformity - fitting in to be liked
- Informational Conformity - if you don't know the knowledge you change
- Context - Jenness (1932), Sherif (1935), Cold War taking place
- Aim - how likely it would be for an individual to go against a group norm when they knew the answer in an unambiguous situation.
- Participants - 123 Male Students from USA
- Ethical Issues - Deception: they were told it was an eye test AND Protection from harm: they could feel critisized
- Conformity
- Ethical Issues - Deception: they were told it was an eye test AND Protection from harm: they could feel critisized
- The Experiment: Lab experiment: has internal validity, lacks population, ecological and time validity
- Study on Conformity - Asch - Line Experiment
- Context - Jenness (1932), Sherif (1935), Cold War taking place
- Aim - how likely it would be for an individual to go against a group norm when they knew the answer in an unambiguous situation.
- Participants - 123 Male Students from USA
- Study on Conformity - Asch - Line Experiment
- Contradictory Experiments: Eagly (1978), Perrin and Spencer (1980), Bond and Smith (1996), Berns et al (2005)
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