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Question 7

A social psychologist investigated obedience. The table below shows the percentages of participants who complied with different requests made by a researcher in two different physical settings: a prestigious university laboratory and a run-down commercial office space.

Table 1: Compliance rates by setting and request type

RequestPrestigious university laboratoryRun-down commercial office
Hand over their personal mobile phone for a 10-minute experiment70%42%
Complete a tedious 100-item spelling test85%58%
Hold open a fire door for a researcher carrying boxes95%95%

What do these results suggest about obedience?

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Obedience Questions

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

73 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Obedience. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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