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Conformity on Social Deviancy Using Crossing Methods.  

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TITLE Conformity on Social Deviancy Using Crossing Methods. Abstract The aim of the study was to determine if any conformity on social deviancy would occur whilst instigating an unsafe crossing at a pedestrian crossing. A small group of psychology students from Magee Campus, University of Ulster used the aid of unsuspecting pedestrians to complete the study. The students waited and crossed at a green light/ red man and recorded how many, if any, males, females and groups proceeded to cross with them. A sample of 100 pedestrians was used and although individuals were categorised into gender, age was not recorded. With the use of SPSS we analysed the data and this was interpreted using a one way ANOVA, as there was a dependant variable and independent variable with 3 or more levels. Our findings revealed through a homogeneity of variance test, Lev (2, 97) = 3.038 p>.05 our results were significant. We further found...

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