OCR GCSE Psychology social influence overview quiz (J203) quiz

Conformity is indirect group pressure from equals; obedience is following a direct order from an authority

Conformity is following a direct order from an authority figure; obedience is indirect pressure from a group of equals

They are exactly the same thing and the two words can always be swapped freely

Conformity only ever happens in young children, while obedience only happens in adults

Informational social influence

Normative social influence

Deindividuation

Social loafing

It keeps rising without any limit as more and more people are added

It falls steadily as the size of the unanimous majority increases

It rises then levels off (plateaus) at about three

It is completely unaffected by the size of the majority group

Conform and obey very easily because they feel powerless to change things

Believe their outcomes are mostly due to luck, fate or other people

Experience deindividuation and lose their sense of identity in a crowd

Resist conformity and obedience, trusting their own judgement

The loss of a sense of individual identity in a crowd, with reduced responsibility

Putting in noticeably less effort when working as part of a larger group

Following a direct order that is given to you by someone you clearly see as an authority figure with status

Believing that the group must be right because they know more than you do

Working much harder in a group than you ever would on your own as an individual

Putting in less effort in a group because individual contribution is hard to identify

Losing your sense of personal identity when you are part of a large anonymous crowd

Obeying an authority figure simply because they have given you a direct order to follow

The ordinary civilian jacket and tie worn by the confederate

The milkman's delivery uniform worn by the confederate

The guard's (authority) uniform

All three uniforms produced roughly equal levels of obedience

A tightly controlled laboratory experiment carried out indoors

A questionnaire survey handed out to members of the public

A longitudinal study following the same people over many years

A field experiment on real streets

The cause was a mix of situational and dispositional factors (excitement, free goods, anger, getting away with it, peer pressure)

There was one single cause behind the riots, and that cause was poverty alone

Everyone who took part in the riots did so for exactly the same single individual reason, and no other motives or factors were involved at all

No clear reasons could be identified at all from the people who took part in them

Increasing the overall size of the unanimous majority that opposes them

Providing social support (an ally who also dissents)

Making them give all of their answers out loud and in public

Removing their internal locus of control so they feel less in charge