6. Conformity

Question 1

Kurt Lewin, 1947)

Answer 1

Group dynamics

Question 2

Establishing a group experiment

Answer 2

Sherif, illusory motion experiment

Question 3

Social norms

Answer 3

•Accepted ways to think, feel, act

Question 4

• Descpriptive social norms:

Answer 4

what the group does

Question 5

• Injunctives social norms

Answer 5

what the group should do

Question 6

Asch

Answer 6

Normative influence

Question 7

Normative influence

Answer 7

ASch, - Clear, unambiguous perceptual judgments; experiment

Question 8

Public Versus Private Conformity

Answer 8

Privateconformity
- Personally convinced that group is correct
- Conformeven when group is not present
Public conformity
- Behave consistently with norms that are not privately accepted as correct
„go alongtogetalong”
- Group can reward and punish its members
- Pluralistic ignorance.

Question 9

Ross et al.

Answer 9

False consensuseffect

Question 10

False consensuseffect

Answer 10

Ross et al: •Overestimating extent to which others agree with our attitudes, preferences, behavioral choices

Question 11

Group Polarization

Answer 11

• Group’sposition becomes more extreme as a result of discussion and social influence (by moscovici and Zavelloni) But first by stoner

Question 12

Superficial processing explanation of Norm formation

Answer 12

• •Majority position can be a shortcut, heuristic
• •If many group members rely on the majority, then group moves toward the extreme
• •Movement to extreme also motivated by desire to be bestrepresentative of group

Question 13

Systematic processing explanation of Norm formation

Answer 13

• •Group discussion brings out others’ reasons as well as their positions
• •Majorityhas persuasive advantage

Question 14

Janis

Answer 14

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