Social Influence

This document consists of all the A03 knowledge needed for the Social Influence section of AQA psychology Paper 1. It covers the possible 16 mark questions that may be asked on the exam; including conformity, Asch's investigation and variations into conformity, Zimbardo's investigation into conformity to social roles, Milgram's investigation and variations into obedience, explanations for obedience (agentic state, legitimacy of authority, Authoritarian Personality), explanations for resistanc...

Essay plans for AQA A Level Psychology, Social Influence. Will help students achieve high levels following the plan, particularly with the PEE(L) structure for AO3.

Revision template for the Social Influence topic in AQA Psychology A-Level, written by a straight A* student. Each topic is split into 6 A01 boxes and 4 A03 boxes for 16 markers. Includes past paper questions for each topic. Easy to print out and in order. Topics include: Types Of Conformity, Explanations For Conformity, Factors Affecting Conformity: Asch’s Line Study (1951), Conformity To Social Roles, Explanations Of Obedience: Milgram’s Research (1963), Explanations Of Obedience: Situat...

Complete Social Influence revision notes for AQA Psychology A-Level, written by a straight A* student. Includes PEEL paragraphs for every topic and diagrams where needed. Well organised and in order. Includes collated information from class, textbooks and online. Topics include: Types of conformity, Conformity to social roles, Explanations of obedience, Explanations of resisting social influence, Minority influence, Social change through minority influence. All other topic revision notes are ...

A* grade evaluation points for social influence in AQA A-Level Psychology Paper 1. Learn these short, summarised evaluation points to prepare you for any essay or evaluation question that could come up in the exam. The document is laid out in a table to make it easy to memorise and comes with a blank version so you can 'blurt' the information into the table after reviewing the content to test how much you can remember! This method of memorising AO3 points helped me achieve an A* in A-Level Psych...

This is the full summary of the topic Social Influence which appears in Paper 1. All that is needed is to memorise this document and test your knowledge through exam practice and you are guaranteed to ace this topic!

Detailed notes from a student who has consistently received 90%+ throughout college and in the A Level exams. Contains detailed AO1 and plenty of AO3 in the form of PEEL paragraphs

This document contains an example answer to a 16 mark A-level question on resistance to social influence, assessing Assessment Outcome 2 (application of theory to a given scenario). This type of question may appear in the AQA A-level 'Introduction to Psychology' (Paper 1) exam. This particular answer gained an A* (the highest grade awarded at this level). See question below: "Discuss two explanations of resistance to social influence. Refer to the views expressed by Jack and Sarah...

AQA A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY SOCIAL INFLUENCE EXAM QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW SPEC