Agentic state Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

This document consists of all the A03 knowledge needed for the Social Influence section of AQA psychology Paper 1. It covers the possible 16 mark questions that may be asked on the exam; including conformity, Asch's investigation and variations into conformity, Zimbardo's investigation into conformity to social roles, Milgram's investigation and variations into obedience, explanations for obedience (agentic state, legitimacy of authority, Authoritarian Personality), explanations for resistanc...

This document consists of all the A01 knowledge needed for the Social Influence section of AQA psychology Paper 1. it covers conformity, Asch's investigation and variations into conformity, Zimbardo's investigation into conformity to social roles, Milgram's investigation and variations into obedience, explanations for obedience (agentic state, legitimacy of authority, Authoritarian Personality), explanations for resistance to social influence (social support, locus of control), minority influ...

AQA Psychology Social Influence Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions Internalisation Conforming to the group because you accept its norms - you agree privately as well as publicly. Identification Conforming to the group because we value it - prepared to change views to be part of it. Compliance Superficial agreement with the group - going along with it publicly but holding a different view privately. Informational social influence (ISI) Agreeing with the majority view/behaviour becau...

GCSE Psychology AQA Paper 2 Already Passed What is social influence? Used to describe how other people can affect our opinions, feelings and actions. What is conformity? A type of social influence when we think/ act like those around us. What is informational social influence? The need to be right, when we are in a unfamiliar place. What is normative social influence? The need to be liked by people. In social situations we want to be accepted by others. We do and say things to help us fit in...

Score for this attempt: 94 out of 100 Submitted Sep 21 at 12:37pm This attempt took 108 minutes. Question 1 2 / 2 pts Self-esteem has been mistakenly touted as the “holy grail” of mental health, and this has meant that Many preventive and remedial efforts have focused directly on improving low self-esteem. Many therapeutic approaches employ social cognitive strategies to improve social skills. Many therapists have focused too much on the importance of their own self-esteem. Prevent...

A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY (AQA) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+ GRADED) 2023/2024. ABC model - CORRECT ANSWER-Ellis proposed that depression occurs when an activating event triggers an irrational belief which in turn produces a consequence i.e. an emotional response like depression ABCDE model - CORRECT ANSWER-extends Ellis's explanation of depression to a therapy - D stands for disputing irrational thoughts and E for the effect of disputing acetylcholine - CORRECT ANSWER-a neurotransmitter. In the centr...

6 top band answers for AQA social influence 16 markers Answers can be broken down into 4,6,8 and 12 marks 1. Outline and evaluate Milgram's research into obedience - 2. Outline research into the effect of situational variables on obedience and discuss what this tells us about why people obey - 3. Discuss the legitimacy of authority and agentic state explanations of obedience. Refer to Freddie’s behaviour in your answer - 4. Discuss Authoritarian personality as an explanation for obedience ...

Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology, 3e (Crawford) Chapter 1 Paving the Way 1) Psychologists began to realize that most psychological knowledge about women and gender was ________. A) created by men B) anti-woman C) male-centered D) misogynistic 2) In the mid-1800s in the U.S., a First Wave feminist movement emerged. It reached its peak with the ________, then lost momentum in the ________. A) Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848; 1920s after women won the vote B) Rochester D...

A 1st class essay on Milgram's Obedience studies. 1,500 words. Well-researched, fully referenced, eloquently written. Extract: Unfortunately, Milgram's (1974) primary explanation of participant obedience, the agentic state, is widely regarded as weak and unconvincing. It argues that the experimenter exerts pressure upon the teachers, reducing them to helpless automatons fixated upon fulfilling their duty to the experimenter (Blass, 2004). Alas, there’s no empirical evidence to suggest ...

A* notes on all the topics in social influence for AQA Psychology Paper 1 (A level). Includes: Types of Conformity; Conformity Studies (i.e., Asch's line study); Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment; Obedience studies (Milgram); Agentic State and Legitimacy of Authority; The Authoritarian Personality (Adorno's Californian F-Scale); Resistance to Social Influence; Locus of Control; Minority Influence; and The Role of Social Influence in Social Change. All topics have structured A03 paragraph...