Lesson 2 Types of Conformity - Asch PDF

Social Influence: lesson 2. Key studies and explanations of conformity Lesson Objectives: Be able to explain the effects of different factors on conformity (group size, unanimity and task difficulty) as shown in Asch’s research. Be able to recap, apply and evaluate Asch’s...

Social Influence: lesson 2. Key studies and explanations of conformity Lesson Objectives: Be able to explain the effects of different factors on conformity (group size, unanimity and task difficulty) as shown in Asch’s research. Be able to recap, apply and evaluate Asch’s study. Task Complete the types of conformity task on pg 3. HW – flipped learning Read and summarise Asch’s study from the resource sheet.  Plenary On white boards what kind of conformity are the following definitions. Identification Involves public as well as private acceptance. Generally temporary. “ conforming to what is expected of you to fulfil a social role. This means changing your behaviour because you want to fit into a specific role in society (e.g nurse/ teacher) or trying to imitate the behaviour of a role model.” Internalisation TRUE conformity Public and private acceptance. Not dependence on the presence of the group. “Going along with the majority and believing in their views. Accepting them and internalising them as your own. Leads to more permanent behaviour change, e.g. religion”. Compliance Comes from a desire to fit in. Public not private acceptance. “ You go along with the majority, even if you don’t share their views. You do this to appear the same as the group or ‘normal’. Going against the majority might led to exclusion from the group.” This is a type of NORMATIVE SOCIAL INFLUENCE  Answers. 1.Identification 2.Internalisation 3.Compliance  Describing Asch 1. Watch the clip of Asch’s study. asch study 2. Without looking back at your notes, answer the 3 questions that follow about the study. Asch Variations Asch was interested to see what factors might affect the level of conformity seen in his original study. In particular he focused on the following factors: Group size (are you more or less likely to be influenced by others if there is only 1 person or 15?) Unanimity (is the majority united or divided?) Difficulty of task (are we more easily influenced if the task is harder than when it is easy?) TASK: use the resource sheet to complete the table on Asch’s Starter – whiteboard Qs From last lesson: How many pps in Asch’s study? On what % of critical trials did pps conform in Asch’s original study? What was the dependent variable? What was the independent variable? From HW task: How many pps were there in Zimbardo’s study? After how many days did Zimbardo stop his study?  Evaluating Studies using GRAVE Look at the GRAVE handout – this acronym is very useful for evaluating studies and we will use it throughout the course so you need to become familiar with this approach. This means that you will not need to rote learn evaluation points about studies; as long as you know the study in detail, you should be able to use these prompts to create detailed, effective evaluation points. Evaluating Asch Work as a class to complete the evaluation page on the worksheet. HW – flipped learning Read and summarise Zimbardo’s study from the resource sheet by NEXT lesson. Plenary – whiteboards Quick check on key terms from this lesson.  Homework Complete evaluation of ZIMBARDO’S Stanford Prison Experiment.