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1.) Which two of the following best describe Zimbardo's prison study? ( 2 marks) - ANSWER -A- Controlled Observation C-Laboratory experiment Students Natasha and Tanya are buying food in the supermarket on their way home from school. As they are paying, they notice their psychology teacher. Mr Boat, at the far end of the queue. They both smile and wave. Mr Boat shouts "Hey, you two! I think you owe me homework. Wait there so we can have a quick chat." Natasha and Tanya finish paying, gl...

1.) Which two of the following best describe Zimbardo's prison study? ( 2 marks) - ANSWER -A- Controlled Observation C-Laboratory experiment Students Natasha and Tanya are buying food in the supermarket on their way home from school. As they are paying, they notice their psychology teacher. Mr Boat, at the far end of the queue. They both smile and wave. Mr Boat shouts "Hey, you two! I think you owe me homework. Wait there so we can have a quick chat." Natasha and Tanya finish paying, gl...

Conformity - ANSWER -A change in a person's behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people Types of conformity - internalisation - ANSWER -Kelman (1958) Genuinely accepts group norms public + private change of opinions/behaviour Permanent/persist in absence of group members Attitudes have become part of how individual thinks (internalised) Types of conformity - identification - ANSWER -Identify with group we value, want to become part...

Empirical methods - ANSWER -A method of gaining knowledge which relies on direct observation or testing. Independent variable - ANSWER -A variable that is directly manipulated by the experimenter. Dependent variable - ANSWER -A measurable outcome of the action of the independent variable in an experiment. Replicability - ANSWER -If findings from a study are true it is possible to obtain the same findings if the study is repeated. Falsification - ANSWER -The attempt to prove something...

Turner (1991) - ANSWER -Introduced the concept of referent informational influence as an explanation for conformity, conforming to maintain the group norms that allow them to define themselves as a group member - TYPES OF CONFORMITY Eagly and Carli (1981) - ANSWER -Conducted a meta-analysis of 148 studies and found that women are more likely to conform than men in group pressure situations, suggestion that this is due to gender roles - ASCH Williams and Sogon (1984) - ANSWER -Found Japanes...

Turner (1991) - ANSWER -Introduced the concept of referent informational influence as an explanation for conformity, conforming to maintain the group norms that allow them to define themselves as a group member - TYPES OF CONFORMITY Eagly and Carli (1981) - ANSWER -Conducted a meta-analysis of 148 studies and found that women are more likely to conform than men in group pressure situations, suggestion that this is due to gender roles - ASCH Williams and Sogon (1984) - ANSWER -Found Japanes...

Turner (1991) - ANSWER -Introduced the concept of referent informational influence as an explanation for conformity, conforming to maintain the group norms that allow them to define themselves as a group member - TYPES OF CONFORMITY Eagly and Carli (1981) - ANSWER -Conducted a meta-analysis of 148 studies and found that women are more likely to conform than men in group pressure situations, suggestion that this is due to gender roles - ASCH Williams and Sogon (1984) - ANSWER -Found Japanes...

Turner (1991) - ANSWER -Introduced the concept of referent informational influence as an explanation for conformity, conforming to maintain the group norms that allow them to define themselves as a group member - TYPES OF CONFORMITY Eagly and Carli (1981) - ANSWER -Conducted a meta-analysis of 148 studies and found that women are more likely to conform than men in group pressure situations, suggestion that this is due to gender roles - ASCH Williams and Sogon (1984) - ANSWER -Found Japanes...

Types of and explanations for conformity - Lucas - ANSWER -Students conformed more on harder maths questions and if they had less confidence in their maths ability Conformity: Asch's research - Perrin and Spencer - ANSWER -Repeated Asch's study on engineering students, only one student conformed out of 396 trials Conformity to social roles: Zimbardo's research - Reicher and Haslam - ANSWER -Repeated the experiment on TV, the prisoners took control of the guards because they formed a gro...

Type 1 error** - ANSWER -The null hypothesis is rejected and an alternative hypothesis is accepted when the null hypothesis is true. Optimistic error, more likely if significance level is too lenient. Type 2 error** - ANSWER -When the null hypothesis is accepted but the alternative hypothesis is true. Pessimistic error, more likely when the significance level is too low. Reliability - ANSWER - Assessing reliability - ANSWER -Test re-test reliability: Inter-observer: Correlation: I...