Social Influence AO3

Research support NSI (Asch original 1951)

Explanations of Conformity (positive)

Research support ISI (Asch task variation 1955)

Explanation of Conformity (positive)

ISI and NSI work together (Asch unanimity variation 1955)

Explanation of Conformity (negative)

Lacks mundane realism

Asch Studies (negative)

Sampling problems (Smith and Bond 1996)

Asch Studies (negative)

Low temporal validity

Asch Studies (negative)

Ethical issues

Zimbardo 1974 (negative)

Investigator bias

Zimbardo 1974 (negative)

Controlled dispositional variables

Zimbardo 1974 (positive)

Good external validity (Holfing 1966)

Milgram Studies (positive)

High internal validity (Sheridan and King 1972)

Milgram Studies (positive)

Unethical

Milgram Studies (negative)

Research support for uniform (Bickman 1974)

Milgram Studies (positive)

Replicable

Milgram Studies (positive)

Research support (Blass and Schmit 2001)

Agentic State (positive)

Limited explanation (Holfing 1966)

Agentic State (negative)

Culturally different research (Australia vs Germany)

Legitimacy of Authority (positive)

Real life example (My Lai Massacre 1968)

Legitimacy of Authority (positive)

Political bias (Christie and Jahoda 1954)

Authoritarian Personality (negative)

Methodological problems in F-scale

Authoritarian Personality (negative)

Correlation

Authoritarian Personality (negative)

Research support conformity (Allen and Lavine 1971)

Social Support (positive)

Research support obedience (Gamson 1982)

Social Support (positive)

Research support (Holland 1967)

Locus of Control (positive)

Limited application

Locus of Control (negative)

Research support (Moscovici 1969)

Minority Influence (positive)

Moscovici’s artifical task

Minority Influence (negative)

Limited real world application

Minority Influence (negative)

Supporting studies methodological issues (Asch, Milgram etc)

Social Change (negative)

Practical application

Social Change (positive)

Cannot overcome barriers (Bashir 2013)

Social Change (negative)