AQA Psych Social Influence - Researchers and years

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Conformity Baseline Line Study
Asch 1951
Conformity Variables Line Study
Asch 1955
Conformity Limitation: Artificial Situation - "Groups weren't very groupy"
Fiske 2014
Conformity Limitation: Limited application - Women may be more conformist
Neto 1995
Conformity Limitation: Limited application - Collectivist cultures=higher conformity
Bond and Smith 1966
Conformity Strength: Research support - effects of task difficulty (math task)
Lucas et al. 2006
Types of Conformity
Kelman 1958
Explanations for Conformity
Deutsch and Gerard 1955
NSI Strength: Research Support - Pps said conformed as were afraid of disapproval (Pps wrote answers down = 12.5%)
Asch 1951
ISI Strength: Research support - Pps conformed often when math problems = difficult
Lucas et al. 2006
ISI Counterpoint: Unclear whether NSI or ISI is at work
Asch 1955
NSI Limitation: Doesn't predict conformity in every case - nAffiliators (want to relate to other people) are most likely to conform
McGhee and Teevan 1967
Conformity to Social Roles
Zimbardo et al. 1973
Conformity to Social Roles Limitation: Lack of realism - play-acting
Banuazizi and Mohavedi 1975
Conformity to Social Roles Strength: Lack of realism Counterpoint: 90% of prisoners convos = about prison life
McDermott 2019
Conformity to Social Roles Limitation: Exaggeration of social roles - only 1/3 guards behaved cruelly
Fromm 1973
Obedience
Milgram 1963
Obedience Strength: Research support - replicated findings in reality TV show
Beauvois et al. 2012
Obedience Limitation: Low internal validity - Pps didn't believe in setup, only half believed shocks were real
Orne and Holland 1968 Perry 2013
Obedience Strength: Low internal validity Counterpoint - Puppy experiment, similar findings to Milgram's
Sheridan and King 1972
Obedience Limitation: alternative explanation of findings - Pps only obeyed when identified with scientific aim of research (after prompts)
Haslam et al. 2014
Obedience: Situational Variables
Milgram
Obedience: Situational Variables Strength: Research Support - NYC uniform variation
Bickman 1974
Obedience: Situational Variables Strength: Cross-cultural replications - Dutch Pps giving stressful questions to conf. desperate for a job
Meeus and Raaijmakers 1986
Obedience: Situational Variables Limitation: Cross-cultural replications Counterpoint - only 2 replications of findings in India and Jordan in 1968-1985
Smith and Bond 1998
Obedience: Situational Variables Limitation: Low internal validity - Pps knew procedure was fake, were playing into demand characteristics
Orne and Holland 1968
Obedience: Agentic state
Milgram 1961
Obedience: Agentic shift - occurs when person perceives someone else as an authority figure
Milgram 1974
Obedience: Agentic state Strength: Research support - "Who is responsible if L is harmed?"
Milgram 1963
Obedience: Agentic state Limitation: Limited Explanation - 16/18 hospital nurses disobeyed authority figure (doctor)
Rank and Jacobson 1977
Obedience: Legitimacy of Authority Strength: explains cultural differences - some cultures are more obedient than others - Australian women: 16% went to 450V. Germans: 85%.
Australian Women - Kilham and Mann 1974 Germans - Mantell 1971
Obedience: Legitimacy of Authority Limitation: can't explain all disobedience - 16/18 nurses disobeyed authority figure
Rank and Jacobson 1977
Obedience: Authoritarian Personality
Adorno 1950
Obedience: Authoritarian Personality Strength: Research Support - OG obedience study Pps took f-scale
Elms and Milgram 1966
Obedience: Authoritarian Personality Limitation: Political bias - F-scale measures tendency towards extreme right-wing ideology
Christie and Jahoda 1954
Resistance to Social Influence: Social Support: Conformity - conf. acts as model of independent behaviour
Asch 1955
Resistance to Social Influence: Social Support: Obedience - Pp was joined by disobedient conf. - dropped from 65% to 10%
Milgram
Resistance to Social Influence: Locus of Control
Rotter 1966
Resistance to Social Influence: Social Support Strength: research support - eight-week programme helping pregnant teens with stopping smoking - when had a buddy, less likely to pick up smoking
Albrecht et al. 2006
Resistance to Social Influence:Social Support Strength: research support - dissenting peers - oil company running a smear campaign - 29/33 Pps rebelled against orders
Gamson et al. 1982
Resistance to Social Influence: LOC Strength: Research support - LOC and resistance to obedience, repeated Milgram study, 37% internals didnt continue to highest, 23% externals didnt
Holland 1967
Resistance to Social Influence: LOC Limitation: evidence challenges LOC-resistance link - American LOC studies 1960-2002: higher resistance to obedience, higher external rates
Twenge et al. 2004
Minority Influence
Moscovici et al. 1969
Minority Influence Strength: Research support for consistency - meta-analysis of 100 similar studies, found most consistent minorities = most influential
Wood et al. 1994
Minority Influence Strength: Research support for deeper processing - message was presented, measured Pps' agreement - one group heard minority agree, other majority - then were exposed to a conflicting view, attitudes were measured again - less willing to change opinions if listened to minority, not majority
Martin et al. 2003
Social Change Strength: Research support for normative influences - can they change Pps' energy-use habits? one message = most residents want to reduce. control message = no mention of other people
Nolan et al. 2008
Social Change Limitation: Research support for normative influences Counterpoint - Ppls behaviour isnt always changed through social norms - can they change students' alcohol usage? only small reduction in drinking quality, no effect on drinking frequency
Foxcroft et al. 2015
Social Change Strength: Minority influence explains change - social change is due to type of thinking that minorities inspire
Nemeth 2009
Social Change Limitation: Role of deeper processing may not play a role in how minorities bring social change - majority influence creates deeper processing if you don't share their views
Mackie 1987
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