At a conservation project, most volunteers put shared tools back in their marked places. Several volunteers have also started hiding a colleague's water bottle, and others have joined in. A new volunteer is unsure what to do. Then one of the volunteers who had been hiding the bottle says in front of everyone that they will no longer do it.
Explain how conformity at the conservation project could be helpful and how it could be harmful. Then explain how the public refusal is likely to affect whether the new volunteer joins in hiding the bottle.
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.