assumptions & background info

Question 1

What are the three assumptions?

Answer 1

1) That other people and the environment influence behaviour and thought processes
2) All human behaviour occurs in a social context (even in the absence of others)
3) Our relationships with others influence our behaviour and thought processes

Question 2

What does dispositional mean in relation to behaviour?

Answer 2

That behaviour is influenced by you as a person such as personality

Question 3

What does situational mean in relation to behaviour?

Answer 3

Behaviour is changed by a situation you are in

Question 4

Does the social approach side with dispositional or situational?

Answer 4

Situational

Question 5

What is obedience?

Answer 5

binding people to systems of authority

Question 6

What is conformity?

Answer 6

yielding to group pressure

Question 7

What is agency theory?

Answer 7

Agentic vs. Autonomous

Question 8

What does it mean to be in an agentic state?

Answer 8

Not feeling responsible for your actions as you act as an agent for an authority figure

Question 9

What does it mean to be in an autonomous state?

Answer 9

feeling in control over behaviour and any consequences are your responsibility