AQA PSYCHOLOGY PAPER 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
What was Asch looking into?
If participants would conform to the majority.
What did people measure? - A
Lines
How many trials were there (asch)
18
How many participants were there (asch)
123
Who were the participants (asch)
USA male undergraduates
How many confederates in one group (asch)
6-8
,How many out of the 18 trials did the confederates have to give the wrong answer? (asch)
12
How often did the naive participant give the wrong answer? (asch)
36.8% of the time
How many people conformed at least once (asch)
75%
What explanation of conformity applied to the participants (asch)
Normative social influence
Weaknesses (asch)
Child of its time
Artificial situation and task
Limited application of findings
Variations (asch)
Group size
Unanimity
Task difficulty
Unanimity (asch)
Whether all the confederates agreed with each other
,Task difficulty (asch)
The lines became similar
What happened to the level of conformity when there were 3 confederates (asch)
Rose to 31.8%
What happened to the level of conformity when there were more than three confederates (asch)
Little difference
Effect of the presence of a dissenter (asch)
Level of conformity decreased to 25%
What explanation of conformity plays a bigger part when the talks becomes more difficult? (asch)
Informative social influence
What happened when the task became more difficult? (asch)
Conformity increased
Weaknesses (asch)
lack of ecological validity
Androcentric bias
Unethical- participants were decieved
demand characteristics
, Unethical variables (asch)
Protection from harm (embarrassment)
Deception
in what year was the study done? (asch)
1956
what percentage of people never conformed? (asch)
25%
what happened to conformity when the task difficulty increased? (asch)
conformity increased.
What was the conformity rate when one confederate agreed with participant? (asch)
5.5%
what was the conformity when one confederate disagreed with the group? (asch)
5.5%
deindividuation (zimbardo)
loss of identity and inhibition
aim (zimbardo)
To investigate how people conform to their given social roles (guard/prisoner)
participants (zimbardo)
24 US male uni students who were mentally stable (chosen from 75)
ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE
What was Asch looking into?
If participants would conform to the majority.
What did people measure? - A
Lines
How many trials were there (asch)
18
How many participants were there (asch)
123
Who were the participants (asch)
USA male undergraduates
How many confederates in one group (asch)
6-8
,How many out of the 18 trials did the confederates have to give the wrong answer? (asch)
12
How often did the naive participant give the wrong answer? (asch)
36.8% of the time
How many people conformed at least once (asch)
75%
What explanation of conformity applied to the participants (asch)
Normative social influence
Weaknesses (asch)
Child of its time
Artificial situation and task
Limited application of findings
Variations (asch)
Group size
Unanimity
Task difficulty
Unanimity (asch)
Whether all the confederates agreed with each other
,Task difficulty (asch)
The lines became similar
What happened to the level of conformity when there were 3 confederates (asch)
Rose to 31.8%
What happened to the level of conformity when there were more than three confederates (asch)
Little difference
Effect of the presence of a dissenter (asch)
Level of conformity decreased to 25%
What explanation of conformity plays a bigger part when the talks becomes more difficult? (asch)
Informative social influence
What happened when the task became more difficult? (asch)
Conformity increased
Weaknesses (asch)
lack of ecological validity
Androcentric bias
Unethical- participants were decieved
demand characteristics
, Unethical variables (asch)
Protection from harm (embarrassment)
Deception
in what year was the study done? (asch)
1956
what percentage of people never conformed? (asch)
25%
what happened to conformity when the task difficulty increased? (asch)
conformity increased.
What was the conformity rate when one confederate agreed with participant? (asch)
5.5%
what was the conformity when one confederate disagreed with the group? (asch)
5.5%
deindividuation (zimbardo)
loss of identity and inhibition
aim (zimbardo)
To investigate how people conform to their given social roles (guard/prisoner)
participants (zimbardo)
24 US male uni students who were mentally stable (chosen from 75)
