David was preparing dishes in a busy restaurant kitchen when an environmental health inspector, wearing an official high-visibility jacket with a badge and carrying a clipboard, approached his workstation. The inspector commanded him to immediately dispose of a high-value batch of seafood and sign a food safety order.
Using your knowledge of the psychology of obedience, identify two situational factors from this scenario that could lead to David complying with the inspector's commands.
Practise Edexcel A Level Psychology Content with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 100 questions covering Main features of classical conditioning, Pavlov (1927) salivation in dogs, Main features of operant conditioning, Properties of reinforcement, Behaviour modification and shaping, Main features of social learning theory, Social learning stages, Bandura (1961, 1963) Bobo doll experiments, Bandura (1965) vicarious reinforcement, Learning theories and phobias, Treatments for phobias, Individual differences, and Developmental psychology, matched to the Edexcel A Level Psychology (9PS0) 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.