Compare and Contrast Normative Influence and Informational Social Influence

question 17

Essay

Compare and contrast normative influence and informational social influence. Which of these types of social influence played a bigger role in Sherif's study (in which participants estimated how far a dot of light appeared to move)? And which played a bigger role in Asch's study (in which participants made judgments involving the lengths of lines)? Explain your answers.

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Definitions:

Spearman's Rank-Correlation

A nonparametric measure of rank correlation that assesses how well the relationship between two variables can be described using a monotonic function.

Monotonically Increasing

Describes a function or sequence that never decreases as its argument or index increases, allowing for constant values.

Relationship Between Variables

The way in which two or more variables are associated or interact with each other.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations or predictions for a phenomenon, formulated to be tested through scientific research.