27th April 2022 Social Influence Revision

1. Milgram’s
2. Three factors to minority influence – consistency,
3. Behaviour of the person
4. Authority of the figure
5. Moscovici study scientific –
6. Milgram’s study internal validity –
7. Milgram’s study lacking internal validity -
8. Two factors leading to resistance to obedience – lack of authority in figure, location
9. Agentic state – working as an agent of the state
10. They’re all very time period specific as societal believes and habits changed a lot over time.

Obedience:

 Definition – following direct orders from an authority figure

 Milgram’s Shock Study – Aims, to see how many people would obey to the extent they
would injure another along with wanting to see why the Nazi soldiers obeyed in the
concentration camps. Lab experiment
 Hofling’s Nurses – ecological validity due to a realistic scenario.
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