At a team meeting, Dev votes for a proposal so that the others will not leave him out. Afterwards he tells a friend that he still thinks the proposal is a bad idea.
Which type of conformity does Dev show? Shade one box.
[1 mark]Types of conformity and why people conform
Researchers play participants a set of ambiguous sound recordings and ask them to say which of two categories each one belongs to. Before answering, each participant hears the judgement of a group of other people. In one condition participants give their answer aloud to the group; in the other they write it down privately. Agreement with the group is fairly common when answers are private, but it is higher when answers are given aloud.
Discuss informational and normative social influence as explanations of the pattern of results in this study.
[16 marks]A hiker on an unfamiliar trail cannot tell what a painted marker on a post means. Two experienced walkers say it marks a closed path, and the hiker accepts that this is what it means.
Which explanation best accounts for the hiker's change of view? Shade one box.
[1 mark]In an unfamiliar laboratory task, Noor copies the method the rest of her group uses because she thinks they understood the instructions better than she did. A week later, working alone, she still uses their method.
Explain why Noor conforms, and identify the type of conformity she shows. Use the details in the description.
[4 marks]Types of conformity describe what changes (public behaviour only, or private belief too). Explanations of conformity describe why it happens.
Write the letter of the correct term next to each description. Use each letter once; one letter is not needed.
[4 marks]Asch (1956) asked people to judge which of three lines matched a standard line, a task on which people working alone rarely make mistakes. Before each answer, a group of confederates gave the same wrong answer aloud.
Explain how this research supports normative social influence as an explanation of conformity.
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