At a school sports day, most pupils around a relay race are shouting rude comments at a competitor from another house. Other pupils who would usually stay quiet begin shouting too. The teachers can identify each pupil who makes a comment.
State the situational factor shown when other pupils begin shouting after most pupils around the race are already doing so.
Explain how being identifiable to the teachers could affect whether a pupil joins in with the shouting.
76 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 4.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 4.2.1 Situational factors on conformity and crowds, 4.2.2 Situational factors on culture and obedience; criticisms, 4.2.3 Situational Factors research study: Bickman (1974), 4.2.4 Dispositional factors on conformity, crowds, morality, obedience, 4.2.5 Brain in dispositional factors; criticisms, and 4.2.6 Dispositional Factors research study: NatCen (2011). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.