In a study on social influence, researchers asked individual participants to sort through simulated hazardous household waste without wearing protective gloves, under the direction of an authority figure dressed in a lab coat.
Each participant performed the task in a room alongside two other people, who were actually confederates of the researcher.
The researchers tested 20 participants in Condition 1 and 20 different participants in Condition 2. They recorded how many participants in each condition refused to carry out the task.
Using your knowledge of social influence, explain the likely outcome of this study.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Resistance to social influence with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 31 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.
