A student repeats Bickman's study outside a busy train station in Manchester on a Saturday morning. A confederate wears either a hi-vis railway jacket or a delivery driver's fleece. The confederate chooses passers-by to approach and asks each of them to pick up a crisp packet from the ground. The student records whether each person obeys. Nobody is told about the study.
Evaluate the method used in this investigation.
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.