At a community allotment, most of the volunteers water the plants at 7 am. Noor and Ben are both new, and in their first week they start coming at 7 am too. Noor tells a friend: 'I'd never grown anything before, and if that many of them were out at 7 am, I reckoned there had to be a good reason.' Ben tells his brother: 'I still think the evening is better, but I didn't want the others thinking I couldn't be bothered.'
Using their comments, explain why Noor and Ben each conformed to the majority. Predict what each of them is likely to do when watering on their own the following month, and explain your predictions.
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.