A-level Social Influence - summary topic quiz

Identify the different types of conformity...

• Identification

• Internalisation

• Informational Social Influence

• Compliance

• Normative Social Influence

A person might wear the latest trainers even though they dislike them, this is an example of...

• Compliance

• Identification

• Internalisation

• Informational Social Influence

Informational social influence suggests we conform...

• because we want to be liked

• because we want to fit in

• in situations where we are uncertain

• in situations where we want to do something even though we know it is wrong

One problem with the types of conformity is...

• we struggle to distinguish between compliance and identification

• there is no research to support its existance

• there are cultural differences

• it takes a holistic view of why we conform

Asch's original study asked participants to select a...

• comparison line which matched with three possible standard lines

• standard line which would match against three possible comparison lines

• administer electric shocks to a leaner

• administer electric shocks to a teacher

Asch's original study found...

• 33% of participants conformed everytime

• 65% of participants conformed at least once

• 75% of participants conformed at least once

• 100% of participants conformed at least once

Asch's original concluded that...

• people conform for several different reasons

• people obey because they want to fit in

• people resist social influence because they have social support

• people conform to their social roles

One issue with Asch's study is...

• The experiment was not highly controlled

• It is of its time and therefore might not be valid now

• Its sample was representative of the population

• It used confederates which makes the study unethical

An environmental factor can also be known as a...

• Conformity Factor

• Dispositional factor

• Personality Factor

• Situational Factor

Which of the variations of Asch had the largest reduction in conformity?

• Difficulty of the Task

• Group Size

• Unanimity

• Uniform