You cant be asked directly about conformity in the exam however, it is well worth learning a bit about this topic as it fits in with so many other areas of the specification and you will get the chance to learn about another classic study in psychology form the 1950s, which has inspired a good deal of more contemporary research.
- PowerPoint with example of Asch materials: Asch (1951) (2)
- Handout on Asch (1951) with gaps: asch study in detail IB (2)
- Conformity smartboard show: IB conformity.notebook
- Connect 4; develop your analysis skills sheet: connect 4 socio-cultural concepts (1)
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Types of conformity; definitions fill in the gaps: IB different types of conformity (2)
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Matched up version of the exercise from smartboard presentation:
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HW Exercise: Asch replication by Mori and Arai 2010 (1)
Now you know a bit about conformity we can use this as an example of a behaviour which is affected by culture 😀
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