Social Influence ♥

A revision quiz for the entire topic of social influence! For AQA AS level Psychology. Please let me know if there are any mistakes! Enjoy :)

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1. What is internalisation?

  • Conforming to the behaviour and views of the majority whilst disagreeing privately
  • Deepest level of conformity. Involves a person changing both their public and their private view
  • Following the instructions of an authority figure
  • A person taking on the views of the group they join or admire due to group pressure
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2. Which of these were not part of Milgram’s obedience study?

  • The leaner began to make noises of pain after 250V
  • The Qs were based around learning word pairs
  • The learner was actually a confederate, who was an actor
  • Standardised prods were used so the participant would carry on, i.e. ‘the experiment requires that you continue’
  • For every Q that the learner got wrong, the teacher would have to give them an electric shock between 15-450V
  • Participants were told that they could leave at any time

3. What percentage of people stopped at 300V?

  • 32%
  • 12.5%
  • 25.5%
  • 50%

4. What is McCarthyism?

  • Making an accusation that somebody is agreeing with the majority just for the sake of conforming
  • Going against the majority
  • Making accusation of treason without proper regard for evidence
  • Refusing to conform even though you know you should

5. What is a key study of normative influence?

  • Stanford prison experiment by Philip Zimbardo, 1971
  • Blue green study by Serge Moscovici, 1969
  • Line experiment by Solomon Asch, 1951
  • Electric shock study by Milgram

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