What's covered
Key facts
Many of Asch's participants knew the group was wrong but agreed anyway.
People often judge others on appearance, but looks do not tell you what someone is really like.
A person is more likely to help when they are alone than when in a group.
In obedience someone gives you a direct order, unlike peer pressure where no one asks you directly.
Albert Bandura was the psychologist who studied how children learn by watching others.
Having just one person give the right answer made people much less likely to conform.
Getting to know someone is the fairest way to judge what they are really like.
Altruism is helping someone without expecting any reward in return.
Everyday authority figures include teachers, parents, police officers, and bosses.
In Bandura's study, children who watched an adult hit a Bobo doll were more likely to copy that behaviour.
Sample questions
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What does conformity mean?
- ✓Changing to match a group
- •Leading a group of people
- •Refusing to follow others
- •Working completely alone
What is the halo effect?
- •A fixed idea that all people in a group are the same
- ✓Assuming one good quality means someone is good in other ways too
- •Judging someone unfairly before getting to know them at all
- •Treating someone badly because of the group they belong to
What does the term altruism mean?
- •Helping people so others will admire you
- •Helping someone only if you are paid afterwards
- ✓Helping someone without expecting any reward in return
- •Refusing to help anyone who is a stranger
What does obedience mean in psychology?
- •Copying a group to fit in
- ✓Doing what an authority figure tells you
- •Making up your own mind alone
- •Refusing to follow any rules
Which psychologist studied how children learn by watching others?
- ✓Albert Bandura
- •Ivan Pavlov
- •Jean Piaget
- •Sigmund Freud
Which is a common reason people conform to a group?
- ✓To fit in and be accepted
- •To prove the group wrong
- •To stand out from others
- •To start an argument
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