Cell phone conformity. Psychology Research Paper Assignment

Cell Phone Conformity
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The experiment aimed to examine to how people are more likely to take out their cellphones while they are waiting in line if they see someone else using their phone. The experiment was a modern twist of the conformity experiment. There were 24 participants, mainly university students from China and America. The researchers created two survey forms. There will be 10 pictures in each table. There will be ordinary pictures in one form, and 10 pictures of people looking at mobile phones in the other. After watching 5 pictures, participants will have a minute to rest, and then they will continue to see the remaining 5 pictures. Finally, participants will need to tell us during the 1-minute break, how did they spend their time? There are 12 participants in each group, a total of 24 participants. The results showed that more people preferred using their phones when they see others using.
Cell Phone Conformity
Introduction
Many scholars have conducted research to seek answers on whether the broad topic on how people make use of cell phones, whether they are being abused or not, and also whether manufactures conform to market set standards for quality. This literature review goes a step further to review scholarly studies aiming at the leaders and employee integrity on conformity to product and services output. Tian and Robinson (2017) studied the predictors of cellphone use in distracted driving. They noted that Many car accidents are primarily blamed on drivers using their cell phones while driving. The drivers are accused of concentrating on texting, making calls, social media, among other cell phone uses. The purpose of this experiment is to examine if someone is more likely to take out their cellphone while waiting in line if they see someone else using their phone. This is a modern twist on the typical conformity experiment.
Literature Review
The decision by people to use smartphones is from pressure emanating from technological advancement, the psychological perceptions of the users as well as personal experiences. Tian and Robinson (2017), in their article “Predictors of cell phone use in distracted driving: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior,” tested six predictors that are suspected of distracting drivers while driving and compared it with The Theory of Planned Behavior proposed by Adjen (1991). The results came out positive. The behaviors that were examined in this study include using social media, sending and reading messages, posting on social media, making and receiving calls. The data they collected and analyzed showed that many drivers have a temptation to use their mobile phones in the above ways leading to divided attention that might sometimes lead to accidents. They expanded the model to accommodate past experiences, which even improved the findings on how technology tends to tempt drivers to use their cell phones. The data analyzed on past experiences showed that many drivers were distracted by the thought to use technology on their cell phones to access their social media accounts while driving (Tian & Robinson, 2017). This study clearly showed the need to include past experiences in improving as ...