AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL 2024 PAPER 1 MS :QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Social Influence: What is conformity? - ANSWER: yielding to group pressure which occurs
when an individual's behaviour/beliefs are influenced by a larger group
Social Influence: What are the three types of conformity? - ANSWER: - compliance
- identification
- internalisation
Social Influence: What is compliance? - ANSWER:@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
compliance is public but not private
acceptance of the majority's views to gain group approval
Social Influence: What is identification? - ANSWER: temporary public and private acceptance
of the majority's views
Social Influence: What is internalisation? - ANSWER: permanent public and private acceptance
of the majority's views
Social Influence: What are the explanations of conformity? - ANSWER: - Informational social
influence
- normative social influence
Social Influence: What is informational social influence? - ANSWER: - when someone
conforms because they want to be correct, so they look to others for guidance
- leads to internalisation
- occurs in ambiguous/unfamiliar situations
Social Influence: What is normative social influence? - ANSWER: - when someone conforms
because they want to be accepted by a group
- leads to compliance
Social Influence: What was the aim of Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: to investigate the
degree individuals would conform to a majority
Social Influence: Who were the participants in Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: 123
american male undergraduates
Social Influence: What was the procedure of Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: - match the
standard line to three possibilities
- groups of 7-9 with 6-8 confederates
- confederates gave the wrong ANSWER on 12/18 critical trials
, AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL 2024 PAPER 1 MS :QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Social Influence: What were the findings of Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: - 36.8% of
participants conformed and gave the incorrect ANSWER
- 75% of participants conformed at least once
- 25% of participants never conformed
Social Influence: What are situational variables? - ANSWER: variables within the environment
that affect the results of a study
@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
Social Influence: What were the situational variables in Asch's study? - ANSWER: - group size
- unanimity
- task difficulty
Social Influence: How did group size change the results of Asch's study? - ANSWER: - as the
amount of confederates giving the wrong ANSWER increased so did conformity
- there was a lower conformity rate when the group size of confederates was less than 3 (more
than 3 and conformity rose by 30%)
Social Influence: How did unanimity change the results of Asch's experiment? - ANSWER: -
when one confederate went against the rest, conformity dropped to around 5%
Social Influence: How did task difficulty change the results of Asch's experiment? - ANSWER:
an individual is more likely to conform when the task is difficult
Social Influence: positives of Asch's experiment - ANSWER: - highly controlled environment
(increased reliability)
Social Influence: Negatives of Asch's experiment - ANSWER: - artificial task (no mundane
realism/ecological validity)
- unrepresentative sample (population validity/beta bias)
- demand characteristics
Social Influence: What are social roles? - ANSWER: the parts individuals play as members of a
social group
Social Influence: What was the aim of Zimbardo's prison study? - ANSWER: to investigate the
extent to which individuals would conform to social roles
Social Influence: Who were the participants of Zimbardo's prison experiment? - ANSWER: 24
physically and emotionally stable male undergraduates
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Social Influence: What is conformity? - ANSWER: yielding to group pressure which occurs
when an individual's behaviour/beliefs are influenced by a larger group
Social Influence: What are the three types of conformity? - ANSWER: - compliance
- identification
- internalisation
Social Influence: What is compliance? - ANSWER:@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
compliance is public but not private
acceptance of the majority's views to gain group approval
Social Influence: What is identification? - ANSWER: temporary public and private acceptance
of the majority's views
Social Influence: What is internalisation? - ANSWER: permanent public and private acceptance
of the majority's views
Social Influence: What are the explanations of conformity? - ANSWER: - Informational social
influence
- normative social influence
Social Influence: What is informational social influence? - ANSWER: - when someone
conforms because they want to be correct, so they look to others for guidance
- leads to internalisation
- occurs in ambiguous/unfamiliar situations
Social Influence: What is normative social influence? - ANSWER: - when someone conforms
because they want to be accepted by a group
- leads to compliance
Social Influence: What was the aim of Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: to investigate the
degree individuals would conform to a majority
Social Influence: Who were the participants in Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: 123
american male undergraduates
Social Influence: What was the procedure of Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: - match the
standard line to three possibilities
- groups of 7-9 with 6-8 confederates
- confederates gave the wrong ANSWER on 12/18 critical trials
, AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL 2024 PAPER 1 MS :QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Social Influence: What were the findings of Asch's line experiment? - ANSWER: - 36.8% of
participants conformed and gave the incorrect ANSWER
- 75% of participants conformed at least once
- 25% of participants never conformed
Social Influence: What are situational variables? - ANSWER: variables within the environment
that affect the results of a study
@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
Social Influence: What were the situational variables in Asch's study? - ANSWER: - group size
- unanimity
- task difficulty
Social Influence: How did group size change the results of Asch's study? - ANSWER: - as the
amount of confederates giving the wrong ANSWER increased so did conformity
- there was a lower conformity rate when the group size of confederates was less than 3 (more
than 3 and conformity rose by 30%)
Social Influence: How did unanimity change the results of Asch's experiment? - ANSWER: -
when one confederate went against the rest, conformity dropped to around 5%
Social Influence: How did task difficulty change the results of Asch's experiment? - ANSWER:
an individual is more likely to conform when the task is difficult
Social Influence: positives of Asch's experiment - ANSWER: - highly controlled environment
(increased reliability)
Social Influence: Negatives of Asch's experiment - ANSWER: - artificial task (no mundane
realism/ecological validity)
- unrepresentative sample (population validity/beta bias)
- demand characteristics
Social Influence: What are social roles? - ANSWER: the parts individuals play as members of a
social group
Social Influence: What was the aim of Zimbardo's prison study? - ANSWER: to investigate the
extent to which individuals would conform to social roles
Social Influence: Who were the participants of Zimbardo's prison experiment? - ANSWER: 24
physically and emotionally stable male undergraduates
