A hospital director and two senior ward sisters stand directly beside the main ward entrance to ensure visitors use hand sanitiser. When they do this, almost all visitors comply. However, when a single hospital volunteer asks visitors to sanitise from a desk at the far end of a quiet corridor, many visitors walk past without complying.
With reference to the scenario above, evaluate social impact theory as an explanation of obedience.
171 exam-style questions on Edexcel A Level Psychology Content, covering Theories of obedience, Research into obedience (Milgram variations), Factors affecting obedience and dissent, Explanations and research into prejudice, Factors affecting prejudice, Individual differences in obedience/prejudice, and Developmental psychology in obedience/prejudice. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.