Chapter 9 Social Influence on the Individual Flashcards
What is a group?
A collection of two or more people who will interact for more than as few moments, they also must have a common purpose.
What is social influence?
The effects of the presents or actions of others, either real or imagined, on the way people think, feel or behave.
What is status?
The importance of a individuals position in the group, as perceived by other members.
What are the six types of power?
Reward, coercive, legitimate, referent, expert, and informational.
What is reward power?
Ability to give positive consequences or remove negative consequences in response to a specific behaviour.
What is coercive power?
Ability to give negative consequences or remove positive consequences in response to a specific behaviour.
What is legitimate power?
An individual’s status or position in a group, institution or society in general gives them the right to exercise power over those with a lower status or with less authority.
What is referent power?
Individuals identify with or want to be liked by this person.
What is expert power?
Having knowledge and skills that are desirable or needed
What is informational power?
Having resources or informations that are useful and are not avilable elsewhere.
What is power?
An individual’s ability to control or influence the thoughts, feelings or behaviour of another person or group.
What is a role
A behaviour adopted by a individual or assigned to them that influences the way in which they function or act in different situations and life in general.
What is obedience?
Obedience occurs when we follow the commands of someone with authority, or the rules or laws of our society.
What are the factors that influence obedience?
Social proximity, legitimacy of authority figures, and group pressure.
What is social proximity?
The closeness between two or more people, this may be physically or by relationship.
What is legitimacy of authority figures?
When a figure is perceived to have legitimate power they are more likely to have a obedience of others compared to someone who is perceived to be a lower class person.
What is group pressure?
Group pressure is having a individuals individual thoughts, feelings and behaviours taken away due to a group thinking differently.
What is conformity?
The tendency to adjust one’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour in ways that are in agreement with those of a particular individual or groupor with accepted standards about how a person should behave in certain situations.
What are the factors affecting conformity?
Group size, unanimity, informational influence, normative influence, and culture
What is group size?
In relation to conformity
Group size is the size of the group and the way it affects conformity, for example a larger group will have a larger rate of conformity than a group that is small.
What is unanimity?
The complete agreement be a group as a whole
What is informative influence?
Unfinished definition.
What is a peer group ?
Is usually who have similar interests and interact with each other.
What is a clique
A relatively small group of friends, of the same age and sex.
What is peer pressure?
Is real or imagined pressure to feel think or behave according to the standards that’s determined by peers (peers do not have to mean friends)
What is risk taking behaviour?
It’s behaviour that has potential negative consequences.
What are types of risk taking behaviour?
Thrill seeking, reckless behaviour, rebellious behaviour, and anti social behaviour.
What was asch testing?
Conformity
What was milgram testing?
Obedience
What was Zimbardo testing?
Status and power
