Psychology Unit 1 - Conformity

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Flashcards on Psychology Unit 1 - Conformity, created by samonia on 25/04/2016.
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What is internalisation where you internalise an idea and agree with it
what is identification publicly agreeing but not always personally but to conform to a particular group
What is Compliance? To publicly go along with it but privately disagree
Normative social influence Emotional responce
informational social influence congnitve based on thought processes
ASCH'S line study AO1 -123 guys in a room in groups of 6/8 -they were placed 2nd to last and had to say which line matched the original - unambiguous task -18 trials / confeds lied on 12 of them =75% conformed (NSI) pps gave wrong answer 36.8% of time
ASCH's line study AO2 -Time of research - during McCarthyism (red scare) so people didn't want to stand out -Artificial task- lacking ecological validity -mundane realism (dull and pointless) -Demand characteristics -ethical issues (deception)
ZIMBARDO Stanford prison experiment AO1 -male students were recruited to act as either guard or prisoner. -both parties had uniforms - in 2 days, prisoners rebelled against harsh treatment. -stopped after 6 days rather than 14 cause prisoners got depressed/anxious etc. and one guy was on hunger strike. - one released on first day after showing psychological trauma and 2 on day 4.
ZIMBARDO Stanford prison experiment AO2 -high internal validity - control over variables -ethical issues -observer bias (ZIMBARDO was the governor) -lack of support for findings- the BBC, Reicher and Haslam, did the same study and didn't find the same thing. BUT= Abu GHRAIB shows that it does happen.
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