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Edexcel Social Psychology essay plans
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COMPLETE essay plans for social psychology. (Edexcel year 1 alevel)
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-Shows levels of obedience which is found in: Milgram’s Variations #7 (phone) 22.5% backs up as it
has been empirically tested through being tested in a lab & shows.
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-Explains events such as -Holocaust
-Description of how society works, people obey due to being agents of authority ,
Obedience is obeying a person in authority, doesn’t explain the individual. “we are born
with a potential for obedience” no evidence
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-Milgram’s studies not ecologically valid.
-Alternative theory is the social impact theory. (people use SIN to get
obedience)
Agency what happens when authority is put in place.
SIT how authority figure proclaims authority. (more in depth)
Ａ -Idea of agentic shift could help reduce prejudice and discrimation, e.g. when celebrities are
brought into school to tell people to not do drugs.
This is the reason for an outcry when a celebrity does a bad thing.
-Dangers of blind obedience.
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Ｃ -Sedikides & Jackson (1990) New York Zoo ‘keep off rail’
Strength dressed zoo keeper 58%, not 35%
therefore dependent on social force field.
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-Reductionist, reduced complex human thought to f(SIN)
-Pays attention to person giving order and not person receiving orders.
May be some personality types which are compliant or rebellious.
People may go along with some things but draw the line at others.
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e.g.
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Social impact theory is very general, Agency is more about obedience and authority.
only focus on social force field not personality.
can’t like to F-scale like agency..
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-Mathematical formula allows you to predict things such as riots or student doing
their homework/not following laws.
-To get people to follow orders you need to direct social force at small groups, some repressive
governments stop social media and gathering for public meetings. Repeated use of signs or
television. E.g. currently north Korea under rule of Kim Jong-un
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-Volunteers are likely to obey, listen to experiment and take procedure seriously represents people in real life
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with power being misused.
-Sample of 40ppl (may included anomalies) overall tested on 780 people.
R -Originally all male (androcentric)
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