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Question 28

A newly qualified junior doctor is unsure how to interpret a highly ambiguous medical scan. When an experienced senior consultant confidently diagnoses a rare condition, the junior doctor genuinely changes their mind and records this diagnosis in the patient's medical file.

Which of the following best explains this behaviour and identifies the type of conformity shown?

Normative social influence, resulting in compliance.

Informational social influence, resulting in internalisation.

Normative social influence, resulting in identification.

Informational social influence, resulting in compliance.

Conformity Questions

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Conformity

Practise AQA A Level Psychology Conformity with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 83 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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