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Types and explanations of conformity

• Research support for NSI

• Research support for ISI

• NSI isn’t accurate in every situation

Asch’s research into conformity

• Task and situation were artificial

• 123 white, American ppts

• Research support for the role of task difficulty

Milgram’s baseline obedience study

• Research support from a French TV documentary

• Procedure may not have been testing what intended

• Conclusions about blind obedience may not be justified (prods)

Milgram’s situation variables of obedience study

• Research support for the role of uniform

• Replication of findings across cultures

• Ppts may have been aware that the procedure was faked

Dispositiomal explanations of obedience- AP

• Evidence from Milgram supports the AP

• Authoritarianism cannot explain all obedient behaviour- Nazi Germany

• F-scale only measures tendency to right wing ideology

Situational explanations of obedience- legitimacy of authority and agentic state

• Supporting research from Milgram

• Agentic state doesn’t explain many research findings

• Legitimacy of authority is a useful account of cultural differences

Resistance to SI- locus of control

• Research support linking LOC to obedience

• Research challenging the link between LOC and obedience

• Limited role of the LOC- is it only in new situations?

Minority influence

• Research support for the importance of consistency

• Tasks involved are often artificial

• Evidence shows a change in minority position incited deeper processing of the minority’s idea

Resistance to SI- social support

• Research support for positive effects of social support

• Research support for the role of dissenting peers

• Social support can be effective in helping resist the influence of a group/may be other affecting factors