Hwk – Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (8 marks) AO1: Conformity is a form of social influence and is the tendency to copy other people’s behaviour and attitudes from within a group. Normative social influence occurs when a person desires to be liked and accepted by a group. They will publicly conform and change their behaviour but they will still privately reject their views. This change in behaviour is often temporary as this type of social influence leads to compliance.
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Outline and Evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey It has been found by Milgram that people obey for four main reasons these are; legitimate authority‚ the momentum of compliance‚ the agentic shift and passivity. The first reason that Milgram found that people obey is because people feel like they have to obey someone if they have a high social status or a highly respected job‚ this is called legitimate authority. Bickman (1974) supported this theory by doing an experiment on the
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Outline & Evaluate one or more Explanations of Why People Obey. There are many reasons as to why people obey which have been justified gradually over several decades. Milgram (1974) argued the fact that in an obedience situation‚ people tend to pass all sense of responsibility onto the authoritative figure. Milgram said that people are in an autonomous state when taking their responsibility but move into an agentic state when passing this responsibility to an authoritative figure; this shift in
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welcome an idea they internally disagree with‚ all in order to not be a deviant from the group. It is thus interesting to look at the factors which cause people to conform‚ to do what they see others doing‚ to rely on the judgements of the group‚ and to ignore their own senses and perceptions. It is the reasons for the individual’s desire to conform that I will be discussing in this paper. In 1936 some of the first studies were carried out on this concept of conformity by
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Describe and evaluate explanations of insomnia. (8 + 16 marks) Insomnia is a state where an individual experiences difficulties with their sleep. There are 5 types of insomnia; long term‚ short term‚ trouble falling asleep‚ trouble staying asleep and waking up too early. Short term insomnia usually lasts a few days or weeks‚ it tends to be caused by immediate worries such as exams‚ deaths‚ noise‚ jet lag or temporary medical conditions such as colds. Long term (chronic) insomnia is experiencing
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Dear Reader‚ The main point of my paper is to show the underlining reasons as to why people confirm to different forms of government structures‚ democracy and authoritarian‚ based on their economic background. I attempt to do this by working backwards‚ first I show why they would revolt or protest‚ and then I extrapolate the reasons why they followed the regime in the first place. Before reading my paper‚ my readers probably think that each class supports the government for money and survival.
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Why do people conform? Conformity is an intriguing psychological concept thus been debated and researched for years. Due to different factors it causes sound minded individuals to change their beliefs or behaviour to avoid being shunned from the group‚ even if they internally disagree. Crutchfied R.S (1962 cited Hardy and Heyes 1994) stated the definition of conformity “Yielding to group pressures” this means the mere existence of a group belief‚ may make some individuals conform to it‚ without
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involving a change in behavior or belief so as to fit in with a group. This change is in response to real or imagined group pressure that may take different forms‚ including bullying‚ persuasion‚ teasing‚ and criticism. There are three reasons we conform: ambiguous subject‚ high majority‚ and authoritative figure. Conformity by ambiguous subject is that a person changes their behavior to fit in with the group‚ while also agreeing with them privately. It seems that this conformity is most likely to
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Why take the time to think for yourself when you can simply step back and adapt to the generic thoughts of those around you? Even in instances where standing up for what you believe is as simple as saying yes or no‚ many find themselves going with the answer that is most accepted. This It doesn’t matter if the facts clearly justify one side of an argument or decision‚ if the general public disagrees people feel as though they must take a passive approach and simply give in in an attempt to avoid
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Outline and evaluate biological explanations for aggression (24) The biological explanation for aggression states that aggression is innate behavior in people and the environment around them does not cause it. Neurotransmitters in the brain‚ chemicals that allow impulses to be transmitted from one area to another‚ can be used to explain why some people are aggressive. There is evidence to suggest that the neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine are linked to aggression‚ low levels of serotonin
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