Chapter 13 - social influence (3)

Question 1

group:

Answer 1

regular interaction among members.

Question 2

What is the difference between norms and roles?

Answer 2

norms: rules that govern members of a group.
roles: behaviors that members in different positions in a group are expected to perform.

Question 3

conformity:

Answer 3

matching behavior to perceived social norms.

Question 4

Who is Solomon Asch?

Answer 4

Holocaust survivor; studied conformity.

Question 5

obedience:

Answer 5

compliance with an order from an authority figure.

Question 6

Who is Stanley Milgram?

Answer 6

Holocaust survivor; studied obedience.

Question 7

What are the 5 types of group influence?

Answer 7

social facilitation. 
social loafing. 
deindividuation. 
group polarization. 
groupthink.

Question 8

social facilitation:

Answer 8

being watched at new task, you’ll mess up.

being watched at mastered task, you’ll do better.

Question 9

social loafing:

Answer 9

we work harder by ourselves.

Question 10

deindividuation:

Answer 10

(mobs, riots) loss of sense of self.

Question 11

group polarization:

Answer 11

(juries in trials) discussion of topic tends to make overall opinion more extreme.

Question 12

groupthink:

Answer 12

tight-knit groups abandon reason in favor of making group happy. (someone dies)

Question 13

aggression:

Answer 13

behavior with the purpose of harming another.

Question 14

frustration-aggression hypothesis:

Answer 14

animals aggress when their desires are frustrated.

Question 15

cooperation:

Answer 15

behavior by two ore more individuals that leads to mutual benefit.

Question 16

prisoner’s dilemma:

Answer 16

ya know, where you gotta choose between confessing or not confessing.

Question 17

altruism:

Answer 17

helping behavior.

Question 18

reciprocal altruism:

Answer 18

helping behavior expecting something in return.

Question 19

bystander effect:

Answer 19

people don’t give help when they should.

Question 20

diffusion of responsibility:

Answer 20

in crowds, people don’t tend to help since they think someone else will or already has.