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Question 35

Amara joins a specialized research team. During a meeting about an unfamiliar statistical model, she initially favors a Bayesian approach. However, because she lacks experience in this specific area, she doubts her own understanding. Seeing that all five senior team members firmly advocate for a Frequentist model, she adopts their view, genuinely believing that they are correct and continuing to use this model in her private work.

Which of the following combinations correctly identifies the explanation for Amara's conformity and the type of conformity she has shown?

Explanation: Informational social influence; Type: Internalisation

Explanation: Informational social influence; Type: Compliance

Explanation: Normative social influence; Type: Compliance

Explanation: Normative social influence; Type: Internalisation

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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