A Level Psychology - Social Influence

What is conformity?

What is internalisation?

What is identification?

What is compliance?

What are the two explanations for conformity?

What is Normative Social Influence?

What is Informational Social Influence?

Briefly describe an example of research for ISI

Explain one problem with NSI

Describe Asch's experiment procedure

What did Asch find?

State Asch's variations of this experiment.

Evaluate Asch's study

What does the term 'social roles' mean?

Describe Zimbardo's prison experiment.

What did Zimbardo find?

What did Zimbardo conclude from his findings?

Evaluate Zimbardo's experiment

What is obedience?

Describe Milgram's experiment procedure

What did Milgram find?

Evaluate Milgram's study

What were Milgram's variations?

Give an example of researching replicating one of Milgram's variation.

What does the term 'agentic state' mean?

What does the term ' autonomous state' mean?

Explain what agentic shift means.

What is legitimacy of authority?

Give example of research evidence supporting legitimacy of authority.

Explain why the agentic shift is a limited explanation

What is the 'F' scale?

What is an authoritarian personality?

What did Adorno find regarding the results of the 'F' scale?

What was the origin of an authoritarian personality, according to Adorno?

Why is Adorno's explanation of obedience limited?

What is acquiescence bias?

What is social support?

What is resistance to social influence?

What is Julian Rotter's concept of Locus of Control? (1966)

Which type of LOC is more likely to withstand social pressure to conform?

Describe one example of research supporting resistance to conformity

What is minority influence?

What are the three factors that can aid the effect of minority influence?

What is Consistency?

What is Commitment?

What is Flexibility?

What are the problems arising with research evidence supporting Minority Influence?