At a busy hospital, a senior consultant, Dr Sterling, stands directly next to a newly qualified nurse, Chloe, and instructs her to administer a double dose of a highly regulated sedative to a patient. Dr Sterling is wearing a formal consultant's coat and a stethoscope. Although Chloe is concerned about the safety of the dose, she immediately prepares and administers the medication without question.
Discuss Latané's social impact theory as an explanation of obedience. Refer to Chloe's behaviour in your answer.
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.