Psychology: Conformity

1. Information isn't misleading. (9)
4. Occurs when individuals adjust their behaviour and opinions to those of a group to be accepted or avoid disapproval. (10)
5. Situational Variables: Conformity reduces when theirs a rebel or 2 groups. (9)
8. Studied conformity to social roles. Investigated the extent people would conform to the roles of guard and prisoner in a prison. To test the dispositional was based on human nature or situational. 75 male uni students were paid $15 a day. (8)

2. The study which investigated whether individuals would conform to a majority who were wrong. 123 American male students were used. 18 trials (12 of them critical). It was given to them as a visual perception test. The 12 critical trials 1/3 conformed (4)
3. Situational Variables: As this increased, conformity increased, until it plateaued. (5, 4)
6. Degrading people by lessening of their human qualities. (2, 12)
7. Situations, not human nature. (11)
9. A state in which individuals have lower self-awareness and a weaker sense of personal responsibility for their actions. (2, 13)
10. Individuals should be given all details. (8, 7)

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