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Question 6

People obey an instruction less often when it comes from a stranger than when the same instruction comes from a manager in a company office.

A student concludes that personality has no effect on obedience. Explain why these findings do not support the student's conclusion.

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5.1 Social influence Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /5.1 Social influence

40 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 5.1 Social influence, covering 5.1.1 Key terms, 5.1.2 Factors affecting bystander intervention, 5.1.3 Conformity to majority influence, 5.1.4 Obedience to authority, 5.1.5 Behaviour of crowds, and 5.1.6 Preventing blind obedience. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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