Conformity

Question 1

Conformity

Answer 1

maintaining a degree of similarity in attitudes or behaviour due to the real or imagined influence of others

Question 2

two main reasons why people conform

Answer 2

informational social influence

normative social influenece

Question 3

informational social influence

Answer 3

ask what is the correct thing to do, need to do the correct thing. everyone else is standing so maybe I should stand. Not sure what is the right thing to do.

Question 4

normative social influence

Answer 4

we want to be accepted or not stand out. I don’t want to feel awkward, don’t want to stand out. Want to be liked and accepted

Question 5

Sherif’s Autokinetic Effect Studies

Answer 5

Decide to study autokinetic, when you look at a light in a completely dark room it looks like its moving.
- Ask people to make judgements on how far the light moves, make a guess how many inches a light move. Repeated trials all the time

Question 6

the autokinetic effect

Answer 6

People in a dark room, with a single point of light, falsely perceive movement of the point.

Question 7

Private Acceptance

Answer 7

Conforming to other people s
behavior out of a genuine belief
that what they are doing or saying
is right

Question 8

Public Compliance

Answer 8

Conforming to other people s
behavior publicly without
necessarily believing in what the
other people are doing or saying

Question 9

When Will People Conform to Informational Social Influence?

Answer 9

When the situation is:

• ambiguous
• crisis
• experts

Question 10

Mass psychogenic illness

Answer 10

is the occurrence, in a group of people, of similar physical symptoms with no known physical cause

Question 11

Normative social influence

Answer 11

the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them.

Question 12

social norms

Answer 12

The implicit or explicit rules a
group has for the acceptable
behaviors, values, and beliefs of its members

Question 13

Asch’s Conformity Studies

Answer 13

The
experimenter shows everyone two cards, one with a single line on it, the other with
three lines labeled 1, 2, and 3. He asks each of you to judge and then announce out loud
which of the three lines on the second card is closest in length to the line on the first
card

Question 14

When Will People Conform to Normative Social Influence?

Answer 14

• Group size
• Importance of group
• Unanimous group

Question 15

Individual difference factors:

Answer 15

• Self-esteem

- Gender

Question 16

Cultural Factors

Answer 16

Individualist vs collectivist

Question 17

How can we resist normative social influence?

Answer 17

• Take action

- Idiosyncrasy credits

Question 18

Idiosyncrasy credits

Answer 18

The tolerance a person earns,
over time, by conforming to
group norms; if enough
idiosyncrasy credits are earned,
the person can, on occasion,
behave deviantly without
retribution from the group