5A. Social Psychology Flashcards
Define “conformity”
Adjustment of individual behaviours/attitudes/beliefs to a group standard
Recall the factors influencing conformity
Group size
Presence of a dissenter
Culture
Recall the factors influencing obedience
Remoteness of victim
Legitimacy of authority figure
Diffusion of responsibility
Name the study into conformity that you have to remember
Asch (1956)
What happened in the Asch Conformity test?
Vision test with the different lengths of lines
Name the study into obedience that you have to remember
Milgram (1974)
What happened in the Milgram obedience test?
Electric chair test
What is social loafing?
Tendency for people to expend less effort when working in a group than alone
Recall 4 things that make social loafing more likely?
Individual performance unmonitored
Goal has less value to person
Low motivation
Other group members look keen
What is group polarisation?
Tendency for people to make decision that are more extreme when they are in a group
What is group think?
Tendency to suspend critical thinking in a group environment because thet are seeking AGREEMENT
Recall 3 approaches to overcoming group think
Increase responsibility
Increase Guilt
Teach social altruism
Name the key study for the bystander effect
Darley and Latane
Recall what happened in th darley and Latane experiment
Ptcpts told they were doing radio
Someone has “seizure”
Helped out when alone
Stood-by when in group
Recall the 3 leadership styles
Autocratic
Democratic
Laissez-faire
