LPSY 311 Social Psychology Assignment: Interview Analysis & Questions

This homework assignment for the LPSY 311 Social Psychology module at the University of Liverpool focuses on qualitative research methods, specifically semi-structured interviews. The assignment requires the student to develop 8-10 interview questions related to the research question: "How obedience and compliance in response to authoritative demands can be overruled by shared social identity." The student then conducted interviews with two volunteers, transcribing their responses. The provided document includes the interview questions, and a transcript of one participant's responses to illustrate how individuals perceive and interact within their social environment, addressing themes of societal norms, family dynamics, college experiences, and perceptions of social disparities, providing a snapshot of the participant's views on social influence and identity. The assignment aims to develop skills in qualitative data collection and analysis within the context of social psychology.

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Participant 2 Interview
Question 1: How would speak of the society that you live in?
Response: ‘The society is stringent with its norms and I have noticed different classes and
subclasses of society only acting to exist in perfect harmony with other. The elders and the
seniors act that they know everything and tries to control the young adults in their own
manner and according to their will.’
Question 2: How do you feel about the residence you have been born and bought up?
Response – ‘Loving, caring and affectionate. But my parents act rude sometimes with me and
fight with each other just like other families living here in the residence. The residence I grew
up in is comfortable and very supportive. My parents helped me take the urgent decisions of
life right from my childhood. My friends in the community has been very kind to me but not
the external society that exists around.’
Question 3: What would happen if you grow up in a different part of the city?
Response – ‘Life would have been better, may be but I still wanted my family to be my
family. I mean if I grew up in those high art areas and amongst people who are highly
cultivated – I guess I will find more luxury and leisure in life which in a sense is nice but I
will also loose the sense of humanity towards others. I will lack compassion just like them’
Question 4: How is the scenario of the college you are currently attending?
Response – ‘I like the seminars, the workshops that are regularly arranged by the college
authorities but the disparity that exists amongst the teachers and the students has to be
checked and the education must be more student centered than teacher centered. The teachers
are boring, the coursework is tough but the project works are very interesting for it is when

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we, the friends can spend the most time together, while studying and make a joint effort
towards a common goal which is very exciting.’
Question 5: What do you support and do not support in college?
Response – ‘as I said, the project works and the sport day and the annual function day where
we it is all about the students and the teachers do not have much scope to interfere in our
lives like they do in rest of the year. I support the student culture in our college who believe
in more bond, compassion and unity amongst the student and I do not support the teachers
who come to teach us from upper classes of the society who lack the very empathy while
teaching us’
Question 6: How do you feel is the exact nature of the problem?
Response – I guess it is lack of empathy, social disparity, economic gap and cognitive
disparity between us and them. Disparity, hypocrisy and inequality in other words – that is
our social and academic environment scenario. The problem is simple – they teachers are not
rational when they evaluate us and they try to oppress our happiness, our lives and our every
moment of fresh air. The problem is every deeper when we go visit other parts of the city
where the more urban and privileged family look at us as misfits and like we should not be
allowed read in their affluent colleges for we are poor and needy.’
Question 7: What choice would you have made if you read in a more sophisticated college?
Response – ‘I guess, given the background we come from, we and our families will be treated
in a more ill manner there.’
Question 8: How will you go about solving the problem? ‘
Response – ‘For the college based student- professor conflict where we students feel
oppressed – we can make the student union stronger. For the class and social conflict - by

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starting a community support forum and extending our rights as human being as much we
should be receiving so that there is not disparity with the so called sophisticated people living
in the so called higher lands of the city. I think we should have more support group formed of
members living in this part of the society. I believe as students, it is important to start a group
by ourselves and we can run the campaign on promotion of equity, humanity and good regard
for all across the city.’