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Topic 5: Social influence

Quick questions on Conformity and obedience to authority - Edexcel GCSE Psychology

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What is evaluation?
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Strength: these ideas help explain real events, such as why ordinary people can follow harmful orders. Weakness: they can seem to excuse harmful behaviour by blaming authority, and not everyone obeys, so individual differences (personality, morality) also matter.
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Define obedience. [1 mark]
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State one factor that increases obedience. [1 mark]
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Explain the difference between the agentic and autonomous states. [2 marks]

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