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Question 7

Read the three separate situations.

Priya attends a pottery class where everyone wipes down their workspace before leaving. Priya privately thinks this is unnecessary, but she does it while she is with the class so that she fits in. When she uses clay at home, she does not wipe down her workspace straight away.

Other members of Leon's revision group use flashcards. After seeing them do this, Leon comes to believe that flashcards are the best way to revise. He continues to use them when studying alone.

Most members of Hassan's board-game club write down each score rather than relying on memory. After noticing what the larger group does, Hassan starts writing down his scores too, although nobody asks him to.

a.

State the type of conformity shown by Priya.

[1]
b.

State the type of conformity shown by Leon.

[1]
c.

State the form of group influence shown by Hassan.

[1]
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4.1 Key Concepts Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
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43 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 4.1 Key Concepts, covering 4.1.1 Conformity, 4.1.2 Collective and crowd behaviour, and 4.1.3 Obedience. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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