Conformity map
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- Conformity
- Sheriff
- aimed to investigate how group norms occured using an autokinetic effect.
- A light appears to move within a dark room although it is stationary.
- When asked individually how far the light moved, answers ranged considerably.
- Participants worked in groups of 3 people, and group norms emerged when they announced their answers.
- When asked as a group first, group norms emerged more quickly.
- In an ambiguous situation, informational social influence is experienced.
- aimed to investigate how group norms occured using an autokinetic effect.
- Asch 1951
- See how participants would conform to majority social influence in an unambiguous situation.
- 7 male students called out answers when matching the length of a test line to a comparison line
- Conformity on 32% of critcal trials
- 6 accomplices and one naive participant calling out their answer second from last.
- 74% conformed at least once,
- even in unambiguous situations, there is strong normative social influence, or experience informational pressures.
- even in unambiguous situations, there is strong normative social influence, or experience informational pressures.
- Conformity on 32% of critcal trials
- 6 accomplices and one naive participant calling out their answer second from last.
- 12 critical trials where unanimous wrong answers were given.
- Conformity on 32% of critcal trials
- 74% conformed at least once,
- 74% conformed at least once,
- Conformity on 32% of critcal trials
- 7 male students called out answers when matching the length of a test line to a comparison line
- See how participants would conform to majority social influence in an unambiguous situation.
- Zimbardo 1973
- Investigating how readily people would conform to social roles in a prison environment.
- male participants randomly given guard or prisoner roles.
- Prisoners arrested at home, De humanised through ********* and being given a number identification.
- Prisoners rebelled against the guards after 2 days. Guards performed roles with such zeal- emotional breakdowns of the prisoner stopped the trial after 6 days.
- Guards wore symbols of power such as wooden batons and whistles.
- male participants randomly given guard or prisoner roles.
- Behaviour explained by situational factors and normative social influence, rather than dispositional factors.
- People will readily conform to clear, established, stereotypical social roles.
- Prisoners rebelled against the guards after 2 days. Guards performed roles with such zeal- emotional breakdowns of the prisoner stopped the trial after 6 days.
- Guards wore symbols of power such as wooden batons and whistles.
- Investigating how readily people would conform to social roles in a prison environment.
- Kelman- types of conformity.
- Compliance- publicly conformity to the views of a group, but maintaining different views privately.
- Internalisation- the views of the majority become your own views, maintained without the presence of the group
- Identification- adopting views privately and publicly, however views are dependent on the presence of the group.
- Internalisation- the views of the majority become your own views, maintained without the presence of the group
- Compliance- publicly conformity to the views of a group, but maintaining different views privately.
- Sheriff
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