In an investigation into resistance to social influence, researchers instructed individual employees at a large firm to sign a highly restrictive non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that retroactively waives their personal intellectual property rights, under the direct instructions of an intimidating senior executive.
Each participant performed the task in a meeting room alongside two other "employees", who were actually confederates of the researcher.
The researchers tested 25 participants in Condition A and 25 different participants in Condition B. They recorded the number of participants in each condition who refused to sign the agreement.
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.
