At an outdoor event, Jordan is unsure whether to join a group pulling down temporary fencing. Most people nearby are already doing it, and many of them, like Jordan, are wearing identical face coverings. Organisers then switch on bright floodlights, making people in the crowd easier to identify.
Explain how majority influence and deindividuation could affect Jordan's behaviour, and predict how the floodlights might affect the likelihood that Jordan joins in.
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.