Chapter 8 - Individual And Group Behaviour Flashcards
Social influence
How people change their behaviour or attitudes due to the direct or indirect influence of others.
What is a group?
Two or more people who interact with and influence one another and work towards a common goal.
What is a collective?
A collection of people who exert minimal influence on each other and don’t interact with every other person in the collection.
Status
The level of importance (real or imagined) that group members perceive regarding another group member’s position in that group.
Power
An individual’s ability to control or strongly influence the thoughts, feelings and behaviour of another person or group.
What are the six types of power?
Coercive power, Expert power, Informational power, Legitimate power, Referent power, Reward power
Role
The behaviour adopted by an individual or assigned to them that influences how they function or act in different situations.
Groupthink
When group members desire to maintain group loyalty becomes more important than making the best choices.
Group shift
When discussion leads a group to adopt attitudes or actions that are more extreme than the initial attitudes or actions of the individual group members.
Diffusion of responsibility
Deindividuation
When people act a certain way because of the anonymity (loss of identity) that a group provides.
Culture
The many characteristics of a group of people, including their attitudes, behaviours, customs and values that are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Individualist cultures
Cultures that stress the needs of the individual over the needs of the group as a whole.
Collectivist cultures
Cultures that emphasise the needs and goals of the group as a whole over the needs and desires of each individual.
Obedience
The act of people changing their behaviour in response to direct commands from an authority figure.