A researcher asks people in the street to pick up a piece of litter. More people obey when the researcher is dressed as a security guard than when the same researcher gives the same order wearing everyday clothes.
Explain these findings using your knowledge of situational factors that affect obedience.
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.