Social Support- AQA PSychology A/AS level

Advantages

• Asch had an ally who gave the right answer and conformity dropped to 5.5.%
• Milgram had a team of 3 testing the leaner 1 was participant and 2 were confederates and one confederate refused to give the shocks and obedience dramatically dropped to 10%
• research found that support doesn't need to be valid to be effective i.e there doesn't have to be any kind of proof that the individual who is going against the majority is justified in doing so
• application - group of German women in the street in front of Nazis demanded their Jewish relatives back - had social support from each other and the Nazis backed down and released the Jews

Disadvantages