Activity Look at the past paper questions below related to affecting conformity and ‘factors obedience’. Write three paragraphs answering the 10 mark exemplar paper question on conformity, and then write two paragraphs on the specimen paper question on obedience. Swap your papers and peer mark the SQA marking instructions. Explain why you gave the that you did. Exemplar paper Psychological research has shown a robust link between alcohol use in movies and binge Explain factors involved in conformity that could account for this link. drinking behaviour. 10 Specimen Paper Explain two factors related to obedience that influence behaviour. 6 Activity Unscramble Milgram’s There was nothing peculiar about the Nazis. The majority of Aims people will be highly obedient in the right circumstances. There were ethical problems of deception, distress, right to Methods withdraw and informed consent. It was an artificial task with low ecological validity. Milgram wanted to discover if Americans could be as aggressive and obedient as the Nazi soldiers Results Everyone went to 300 volts Conclusion 65% went to 450 Evaluation Laboratory experiment conducted at Yale university Which are the individual and situational factors in our willingness to obey? Draw these boxes and insert the number of each statement in the correct column. Individual factor Situational factor 1. The experimenter issues instructions by telephone. Only 20.5% of people obeyed in this variation. 2. Two other confederates refuse to continue. Only 10% went to 450 volts in this condition. 3. Self-esteem people with low self esteem are more likely to obey. – 4. Location - moving from Yale university to a downtown office reduced obedience.
Activity Look at the past paper questions below related to ‘factors affecting conformity and obedience’. Write three paragraphs answering the 10 mark exemplar paper question on conformity, and then write two paragraphs on the specimen paper question on obedience. Swap your papers and peer mark the SQA marking instructions. Explain why you gave the that you did. Exemplar paper Psychological research has shown a robust link between alcohol use in movies and binge drinking behaviour. Explain factors involved in conformity that could account for this link. 10 Specimen Paper Explain two factors related to obedience that influence behaviour. 6 Activity Unscramble Milgram’s Aims There was nothing peculiar about the Nazis. The majority of people will be highly obedient in the right circumstances. Methods There were ethical problems of deception, distress, right to withdraw and informed consent. It was an artificial task with low ecological validity. Results Milgram wanted to discover if Americans could be as aggressive and obedient as the Nazi soldiers Conclusion Everyone went to 300 volts 65% went to 450 Evaluation Laboratory experiment conducted at Yale university Which are the individual and situational factors in our willingness to obey? Draw these boxes and insert the number of each statement in the correct column. Individual factor Situational factor 1. The experimenter issues instructions by telephone. Only 20.5% of people obeyed in this variation. 2. Two other confederates refuse to continue. Only 10% went to 450 volts in this condition. 3. Self-esteem – people with low self esteem are more likely to obey. 4. Location - moving from Yale university to a downtown office reduced obedience.