📚 Part 1: WALT, Success Criteria & Retrieval

WALT: Master key social influence concepts for GCSE revision.

Success criteria: Define conformity, obedience and social roles; recall key study findings; apply terms to short exam-style questions.

Differentiation: Highlighted key words for support; extension prompts for advanced learners; paired discussion for SEN learners.

Dyslexia-friendly option: Use bullet notes, larger spacing and read-aloud audio where needed.

1. Which best defines conformity?

Changing behaviour to fit group norms

Following direct orders from an authority figure

Acting as a specific role in a situation

2. Asch's line-judgement study found approximately which conformity rate?

37%

65%

10%

3. Tick TWO factors that increased obedience in Milgram's variations:

Experimenter wearing a lab coat / uniform

Experiment held at a prestigious university

A peer refuses to continue (disobedient ally)

Participant sees the learner in the same room

4. Which study was a field experiment on a New York subway measuring helping behaviour?

Piliavin et al. (1969)

Milgram (1963)

Asch (1950s)

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Comparison

5. Explain one reason why people conform. (2 marks) Use psychological terminology.

6. Explain TWO factors that affect obedience. Refer to Milgram's study. (4 marks)

7. Match each study (left) with its key finding (right). Draw lines between columns.

Asch (line study)

Milgram (obedience)

Piliavin et al. (subway)

Stanford Prison Experiment

Guards became aggressive; prisoners stressed

37% conformity on critical trials

65% delivered maximum shocks in original study

More help given to an ill victim than a drunk victim

🧠 Part 3: Application & Extension

8. Extension challenge: Choose one issue and briefly apply THREE social influence theories (2–3 lines each). Tick one topic then write your ideas.

Climate change

Social media behaviour

Political movements

Teacher notes (quick): Extension task — create a 5-minute presentation linking selected theories to real-world examples; include a short evaluation of which theory best explains the behaviour. Peer-assess using GCSE mark criteria (AO1/AO2).

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📚 Part 1: WALT, Success Criteria & Retrieval

✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Comparison

🧠 Part 3: Application & Extension

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