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Question 17

A community oral-history project asks new volunteers to decide where to put an interview summary sheet after completing it. In each of 60 training sessions, one new volunteer first watched a group of established volunteers do the task. The table shows the results.

Established volunteers presentWhat the established volunteers didNew volunteers who put the sheet in the shared tray
2Both put it in the shared tray8 out of 20
5All five put it in the shared tray15 out of 20
5Four put it in the shared tray and one kept it in a personal folder9 out of 20

During Noor's first session, all five established volunteers put their sheets in the shared tray. Noor does the same while they are present, although she privately thinks keeping her sheet in a personal folder would be better. After several weeks, Noor chooses the shared tray when working alone because she now believes it makes the project easier to organise.

Explain two conclusions about majority influence that can be drawn from the results. Explain what is likely to happen if one established volunteer keeps their sheet in a personal folder in each of the following situations:

  • during Noor's first session, before her private view has changed
  • only after Noor has begun choosing the shared tray when working alone.
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4.1 Key Concepts Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /4.1 Key Concepts

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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