By the end of today's lessons you will be able to:
Objective 1: Explain what is meant by conformity.
Objective 2: Explain what is meant by compliance, identification, internalisation.
Objective 3: Describe two explanations of why people conform.
Objective 4: Describe Asch's line experiments.
Objective 5: Answer short AO1, AO2, AO3 questions on conformity.
Task 1: Look at the slideshow below:
Conformity types explanations exam question practice from mpape
Task 2: Use the information from the slides and the social influence booklet to answer the question sheet below:
Task 3: You need to know Asch's line experiments in detail. Look at the slideshow below:
Task 2: Use the information from the slides and the social influence booklet to answer the question sheet below:
Task 3: You need to know Asch's line experiments in detail. Look at the slideshow below:
Task 4: Download and complete the key study Asch (1956)
Task 5: Download the evaluation table below to help you to identify the strengths and limitations of Asch's line experiments.
A short video of Asch's line experiments:
Below is the full research paper by Asch of his 1956 line experiment. This is well worth looking at to see how a carefully controlled lab experiment using a repeated measures design can be replicated.
