Quick Conformity/ Obedience

Social influence refers to the influence of

• others/ society

• our own personality and actions

• social situations

Dispositional refers to

• someone's disposition

• other people

• a person's character/ mood/ personality

In Asch's study

• 45% conformed at least once

• 65% conformed at least once

• 75% conformed at least once

• 90% conformed at least once

Conformity is

• changing your actions under group pressure

• conforming to majority influence

• conforming due to peer pressure

• majority influence

Asch was most interested in the results from

• the confederates

• the 12 critical trials

• his study

• the anonymous participant

One weakness of Asch's study is

• the participants were all English students

• the 1970s was a very conformist time in America

• it lacks ecological validity due to it being an artificial task

• results only apply to British students

Obedience is

• following orders from someone we perceive to have authority

• blindly following orders

• obeying someone standing closely to us

• obeying someone in a position of authority

In Milgram's experiment

• some people obeyed more due to their status

• some people did not obey due to their personality

• 55% of participants went to 450 volts

• 100% of participants went to 450 volts