Minority Influence Including Commitment, Consistency Minority Influence is when a small group of people or even an individual changes the attitudes, behaviours and beliefs of the majority Th...
2022年夏季A-Level/GCSE大考已经结束。2022年夏季GCSE考试成绩将会在8月25日公布，CIE考试局会更早一些，会在8月18日公布。A-level考试成绩将于2022年8月17日下发给考试中心，8月18日向学生公布。 A-level/GCSE考...
Social Support & Loci of Control Psychologists use the term Independent behaviour to describe behaviour which seems not to be influenced by other people. This happens when a person resis...
Authoritarian Personality It is said that some people are more obedient than others and this is believed to be down to their personality This is down to their individual locus of control and...
Milgram's Research In 1961, as the Nuremberg trials were taking place in Israel, the Nazi, Adolf Eichmann, gave testimony in his defense that he was merely following the orders of higher-ran...
Explanations for Obedience Obedience means to comply with the demands of someone you see as an authority figure The agentic shift When orders come from a figure of authority we can easily de...
Conformity to Social Roles: Zimbardo Social rules The parts people play as members of a social group; such as teacher, students, parent, child, etc. Zimbardo wanted to investigate how readil...
Asch & Variables for Conformity Variables affecting conformity include group size, unanimity and task difficulty as investigated by Asch. Asch 1951: A classic study of conformity Asch w...
Explanations for Conformity Conformity is based on the two central human needs of needing to be right and needing to be liked Informative social influence Usually occurs when the individual ...
