Essay Explain Ani's Behaviour In Terms Of Compliance
1.Explain Ani’s behaviour in terms of compliance. (2 marks)
Ani’s behaviours would be classed as normative social influence because he was watching people and he changed his behaviour to fit in within the group, this would mean that he is publically agreeing but privately he does not agree, this shows normative social influence.
2. The following phrases refer to different types of conformity. Select the two phrases that describe internalisation. Highlight two only.
C The beliefs of the group become part of the individual’s own belief system.
A The deepest level of conformity.
3. Most research into conformity takes place in a laboratory. Outline one strength and one weakness of conducting research into conformity in a laboratory (2 + 2 marks)
-Lab experiment has good control. The effects of extraneous variables are reduced and the test can be easily repeated for example in Zimbardo’s studies everybody did the same task therefore it reduced extraneous variables; these are things that influence the relationship between the variables that an experimenter is examining. . A weakness of conformity in a lab experiment is the ethics. People are often deceived about the experiment for example in aches study, they were told …show more content…
The prisoners got hurt, they were abused and made to do awful things like cleaning out the toilet bowl with their hands and that was because they were not protected from harm. The second would be deception because in Asch’s study the participant was lied to therefore being deceived so deception would be a problem, this could be dealt with a debrief, this is telling the participants everything that you actually did in the study so that they can decide whether they want their data to be
Ani’s behaviours would be classed as normative social influence because he was watching people and he changed his behaviour to fit in within the group, this would mean that he is publically agreeing but privately he does not agree, this shows normative social influence.
2. The following phrases refer to different types of conformity. Select the two phrases that describe internalisation. Highlight two only.
C The beliefs of the group become part of the individual’s own belief system.
A The deepest level of conformity.
3. Most research into conformity takes place in a laboratory. Outline one strength and one weakness of conducting research into conformity in a laboratory (2 + 2 marks)
-Lab experiment has good control. The effects of extraneous variables are reduced and the test can be easily repeated for example in Zimbardo’s studies everybody did the same task therefore it reduced extraneous variables; these are things that influence the relationship between the variables that an experimenter is examining. . A weakness of conformity in a lab experiment is the ethics. People are often deceived about the experiment for example in aches study, they were told …show more content…
The prisoners got hurt, they were abused and made to do awful things like cleaning out the toilet bowl with their hands and that was because they were not protected from harm. The second would be deception because in Asch’s study the participant was lied to therefore being deceived so deception would be a problem, this could be dealt with a debrief, this is telling the participants everything that you actually did in the study so that they can decide whether they want their data to be