AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL 2025 PAPER 1 MS :QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo. - ANSWER: His artificial prison
environment underneath Yale university
What was Zimbardo's aim? - ANSWER: whether people would conform to social roles
(prisoner/officer)
Sample size of Zimbardo? - ANSWER: 21 male university students who volunteered in a
newspaper advert @#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
Were the participants screened? - ANSWER: yes, they were checked for any issues with their
physical or mental stability. they were paid 15 dollars a day
how were the participants in zimbardos study assigned? - ANSWER: randomly to
prisoner/guard
ecological validity of Zimbardos study - ANSWER: real local police arrested the prisoners,
fingerprinted, stripped and chained
did the prisoner and guards identify with their roles? - ANSWER: yes. prisoners rebelled and
were refuted by the guards. the guards dehumanised the prisoners and were abusive
why did the prison study shut down early? - ANSWER: Zimbardos wife worried that it was too
unethical and inhumane, it shut down after 6 days
what was zimbardos conclusion? - ANSWER: people quickly conform to social roles, even if it
goes aghainst their principles. situational factors are largely responsible
explain refuting evidence by Reicher and Haslam - ANSWER: the participants did not conform
to their social roles. social roles may not be automatic.
what were the individual differences in the prison study - ANSWER: some guards were
extremely sadistic where as some were good. this means that there are dispositional factors that
will affect the results too.
name one of zimbardos ethical issues - ANSWER: protection from harm
name the explanations of resistance to social influence - ANSWER: social support and locus of
control
, AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL 2025 PAPER 1 MS :QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
what is social support - ANSWER: they can resist the pressure to conform or obey if someone is
supporting their view (dissenter)
Aschs variation -unamitiy of the majority procedure? - ANSWER: a confederate gave the
correct ANSWER throughout
how did the confederate affect conformity - ANSWER: dropped to 5%. if they have social
@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
support they are more likely to resist the pressure to conform.
milgrams shock study, the real participant was paired with 2 confederate teachers. what
happened? - ANSWER: the confederate teachers refused to go on and withdrew
how did having confederate teachers affect conformity? - ANSWER: it dropped from 65% to
10%
conclusion of social support from milgram - ANSWER: if they have support for their desire to
disobey, they are more likely to resist the pressure of the authority figure
what is internal locus of control - ANSWER: the extent to which people believe they have
control over their own lives
internal locus of control? - ANSWER: what happens in their life is down to their own actions
and they have control over their own life
external locus of control? - ANSWER: believe what happens to them is due to external facts and
they don't have complete control over their life
which is more likely to resist social influence? - ANSWER: internal locus of control
supporting research for Rotter by Oliner and Oliner - ANSWER: interviewed non jewish
survivors of WWII, compared those who protected jews and those who didn't
findings of Oliner and Oliner - ANSWER: the 406 rescuers had a high internal locus of control
and resisted compared to the 126 who followed orders
alternative explanations to Oliner and Oliver's study? - ANSWER: WWII was hard time, so
there may have been situational factors that help to determine
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo. - ANSWER: His artificial prison
environment underneath Yale university
What was Zimbardo's aim? - ANSWER: whether people would conform to social roles
(prisoner/officer)
Sample size of Zimbardo? - ANSWER: 21 male university students who volunteered in a
newspaper advert @#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
Were the participants screened? - ANSWER: yes, they were checked for any issues with their
physical or mental stability. they were paid 15 dollars a day
how were the participants in zimbardos study assigned? - ANSWER: randomly to
prisoner/guard
ecological validity of Zimbardos study - ANSWER: real local police arrested the prisoners,
fingerprinted, stripped and chained
did the prisoner and guards identify with their roles? - ANSWER: yes. prisoners rebelled and
were refuted by the guards. the guards dehumanised the prisoners and were abusive
why did the prison study shut down early? - ANSWER: Zimbardos wife worried that it was too
unethical and inhumane, it shut down after 6 days
what was zimbardos conclusion? - ANSWER: people quickly conform to social roles, even if it
goes aghainst their principles. situational factors are largely responsible
explain refuting evidence by Reicher and Haslam - ANSWER: the participants did not conform
to their social roles. social roles may not be automatic.
what were the individual differences in the prison study - ANSWER: some guards were
extremely sadistic where as some were good. this means that there are dispositional factors that
will affect the results too.
name one of zimbardos ethical issues - ANSWER: protection from harm
name the explanations of resistance to social influence - ANSWER: social support and locus of
control
, AQA PSYCHOLOGY A LEVEL 2025 PAPER 1 MS :QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS
what is social support - ANSWER: they can resist the pressure to conform or obey if someone is
supporting their view (dissenter)
Aschs variation -unamitiy of the majority procedure? - ANSWER: a confederate gave the
correct ANSWER throughout
how did the confederate affect conformity - ANSWER: dropped to 5%. if they have social
@#$%^&*()_)(*&^%
support they are more likely to resist the pressure to conform.
milgrams shock study, the real participant was paired with 2 confederate teachers. what
happened? - ANSWER: the confederate teachers refused to go on and withdrew
how did having confederate teachers affect conformity? - ANSWER: it dropped from 65% to
10%
conclusion of social support from milgram - ANSWER: if they have support for their desire to
disobey, they are more likely to resist the pressure of the authority figure
what is internal locus of control - ANSWER: the extent to which people believe they have
control over their own lives
internal locus of control? - ANSWER: what happens in their life is down to their own actions
and they have control over their own life
external locus of control? - ANSWER: believe what happens to them is due to external facts and
they don't have complete control over their life
which is more likely to resist social influence? - ANSWER: internal locus of control
supporting research for Rotter by Oliner and Oliner - ANSWER: interviewed non jewish
survivors of WWII, compared those who protected jews and those who didn't
findings of Oliner and Oliner - ANSWER: the 406 rescuers had a high internal locus of control
and resisted compared to the 126 who followed orders
alternative explanations to Oliner and Oliver's study? - ANSWER: WWII was hard time, so
there may have been situational factors that help to determine
