Essay Explain Ani's Behaviour In Terms Of Compliance
1.Explain Ani’s behaviour in terms of compliance. (2 marks)
Ani’s behaviours would be classed as normative social influence because he was watching people and he changed his behaviour to fit in within the group, this would mean that he is publically agreeing but privately he does not agree, this shows normative social influence.
2. The following phrases refer to different types of conformity. Select the two phrases that describe internalisation. Highlight two only.
C The beliefs of the group become part of the individual’s own belief system.
A The deepest level of conformity.
3. Most research into conformity takes place in a laboratory. Outline one strength and one weakness of conducting research into conformity in a laboratory (2 + 2 marks)
-Lab experiment has good control. The effects of extraneous variables are reduced and the test can be easily repeated for example in Zimbardo’s studies everybody did the same task therefore it reduced extraneous variables; these are things that influence the relationship between the variables that an experimenter is examining. . A weakness of conformity in a lab experiment is the ethics. People are often deceived about the experiment for example in aches study, they were told …show more content…
that the study was a test when in actual fact it was a study into conformity, this could be dealt with by debrief after the study, this would be by telling all the participants what the study was actually for.
4. Describe two ethical issues that arise in research on conformity and explain how psychologists might deal with these. (3 + 3 marks)
-One issue that may arise when doing a study into conformity could be protection from harm for example zimbardos study, you could deal with this by stopping the study or choosing a study that does not contain risks that are greater than those of everyday life.
The prisoners got hurt, they were abused and made to do awful things like cleaning out the toilet bowl with their hands and that was because they were not protected from harm. The second would be deception because in Asch’s study the participant was lied to therefore being deceived so deception would be a problem, this could be dealt with a debrief, this is telling the participants everything that you actually did in the study so that they can decide whether they want their data to be
kept.
5. Explain which type of conformity each girl was showing. (4 marks)
Jan showed internalisation because she changed her views and agreed both publically and privately. This also shows informational social influence because she has a desire to fit in but has also taken on the view of all her friends at university and believes their interpretation is more accurate than hers which helped her to decide to only eat organic foods.
Norah showed compliance because she went along with it but didn’t change her views. This shows normative social influence because she didn’t want to appear foolish or left out therefore she conformed in order to be liked.
6. Describe two problems with validity that occur in conformity research. (4 marks)
There are many of problems that occur in conformity research for example Aches study lacked ecological validly because the study involves unordinary tasks, it wasn’t something that you would do on a day to day basis, this would mean that you cannot generalise to the to real life. Another problem in conformity research could be found in Aches study. Aches study had low population validity because the study used people of a similar age therefore you cannot generalise to the wider population.
7. Discuss the use of research findings in the real world. (Hint: look at Zimbardo) (3 marks) research findings in the real world can be used in many different ways for example from the results in zimbardos study we can apply these to change situations where conformity can be a problem for example prisons in the USA have been changed and guards are trained more carefully. Another way that zimbardos study is important for the real world is because it gives people an idea of what to expect in their prisons is there are high levels of control and it shows others what to watch out for.
Ani’s behaviours would be classed as normative social influence because he was watching people and he changed his behaviour to fit in within the group, this would mean that he is publically agreeing but privately he does not agree, this shows normative social influence.
2. The following phrases refer to different types of conformity. Select the two phrases that describe internalisation. Highlight two only.
C The beliefs of the group become part of the individual’s own belief system.
A The deepest level of conformity.
3. Most research into conformity takes place in a laboratory. Outline one strength and one weakness of conducting research into conformity in a laboratory (2 + 2 marks)
-Lab experiment has good control. The effects of extraneous variables are reduced and the test can be easily repeated for example in Zimbardo’s studies everybody did the same task therefore it reduced extraneous variables; these are things that influence the relationship between the variables that an experimenter is examining. . A weakness of conformity in a lab experiment is the ethics. People are often deceived about the experiment for example in aches study, they were told …show more content…
that the study was a test when in actual fact it was a study into conformity, this could be dealt with by debrief after the study, this would be by telling all the participants what the study was actually for.
4. Describe two ethical issues that arise in research on conformity and explain how psychologists might deal with these. (3 + 3 marks)
-One issue that may arise when doing a study into conformity could be protection from harm for example zimbardos study, you could deal with this by stopping the study or choosing a study that does not contain risks that are greater than those of everyday life.
The prisoners got hurt, they were abused and made to do awful things like cleaning out the toilet bowl with their hands and that was because they were not protected from harm. The second would be deception because in Asch’s study the participant was lied to therefore being deceived so deception would be a problem, this could be dealt with a debrief, this is telling the participants everything that you actually did in the study so that they can decide whether they want their data to be
kept.
5. Explain which type of conformity each girl was showing. (4 marks)
Jan showed internalisation because she changed her views and agreed both publically and privately. This also shows informational social influence because she has a desire to fit in but has also taken on the view of all her friends at university and believes their interpretation is more accurate than hers which helped her to decide to only eat organic foods.
Norah showed compliance because she went along with it but didn’t change her views. This shows normative social influence because she didn’t want to appear foolish or left out therefore she conformed in order to be liked.
6. Describe two problems with validity that occur in conformity research. (4 marks)
There are many of problems that occur in conformity research for example Aches study lacked ecological validly because the study involves unordinary tasks, it wasn’t something that you would do on a day to day basis, this would mean that you cannot generalise to the to real life. Another problem in conformity research could be found in Aches study. Aches study had low population validity because the study used people of a similar age therefore you cannot generalise to the wider population.
7. Discuss the use of research findings in the real world. (Hint: look at Zimbardo) (3 marks) research findings in the real world can be used in many different ways for example from the results in zimbardos study we can apply these to change situations where conformity can be a problem for example prisons in the USA have been changed and guards are trained more carefully. Another way that zimbardos study is important for the real world is because it gives people an idea of what to expect in their prisons is there are high levels of control and it shows others what to watch out for.