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level three public services discipline task 1

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Create an information leaflet outlining what is meant by the term ‘conformity’. This needs to be made in reference to all of the following: • Compliance with common practices • Social norms • The role of self-esteem • The purpose of uniforms You will also need to be outlining what is meant by ‘obedience’. This will need to include all of the following: • Obedience as an act, practice or quality • Following orders • Conscious and unconscious obedience; • Compliance • Status as a factor in obedience • Influences - fear, reward, love, respect • The relevance of obedience in the uniformed public services Furthermore you must outline the below studies: • Zimbardo (1973) • Milgram (1963) • Asch (1951) • Hofling (1966) Additionally you must discuss the following points with reference to conformity studies: • Moral dilemmas • Personal decision making • Ethics • Code of conduct For the second part of the leaflet you will need to explain conformity and obedience are important in the public services, with reference to research studies.

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M3 explain why obedience and Not feel/ look like a fool. This is the same as
conformity is important within the Asch’s experiment as the test subjects
public services conformed so that they didn’t look stupid in
front of their peers. The same can go for
The hofling experiment helps to
witnesses of a crime they may not report
understand how the public services
that they have witnessed a crime as they do
work to abide by rules given to them by
not want the criminals associates or family to
those with authority or of a higher rank.
intimidate and threaten them. This effects
For example when at a scene such as a
the public services as it means that crimes
road traffic collision they made be given
need to go unresolved as they do not have
orders from a sergeant or higher telling
the evidence to prove that a person has
them how to deal with the situation
committed a crime.
which they need to follow. This relates
to Hofling’s experiment as the nurses Conformity is important to the uniformed
felt they had to follow the doctors public services, especially In the ambulance
orders and never failed to do so except service as when working with patients they
from one nurse. need to listen to whether the patient agrees
to go into hospital as they cannot force them
Zimbardo’s experiment shows how
to do so. The same is for the police when it
people change when they are given
comes down to crimes such as sexual
authority and power. This is shown by
offences they cannot force the victim to talk
the Strangeways prison riot. Guards
about the crime and file a report if the
treated inmates disgracefully and
person doesn’t want. The same goes for
sometimes inhumanely, as they had the
domestic abuse crimes as well they have to
power to do so because of the uniform
let the victim decide whether they wish to go
that they were wearing. This is the
back home to their partner or the person
same as Zimbardo’s as they were given
who is abusing them.
uniform to wear, they also wore
sunglasses which reflected the person Obedience is important in the Public Services
in front of them which tend to infuriate as well as it creates and sustains teamwork,
inmates even more. Prisoners rebelled structure, authority, team spirit and
and rioted as they were treated and motivation. This is important as it prevents
cares for in an insufficient way similar riots and helps to uphold the services
to the Stanford prison, the convicts reputations. If they had a poor reputation
rioted by going on food strike and then citizens wouldn’t trust them and then
barricading their cell doors with their crime rates would increase, injuries and
beds. illness would go untreated and fires would
also be more frequent and go unsolved as
Asch’s experiment shows and supports
they would be seen are useless and
the idea that the police conform. For
irresponsible. Furthermore obedience is
example if an officer finds another

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