Conformity and Obedience Flashcards
1
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Conformity
A
Tendency of people to alter their behaviour as a result of group pressure
2
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Social influences on conformity
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- Uniformity of agreement
- Difference in the wrong answer
- Size
3
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Deindividuation
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Tendency of people to engage in uncharacteristic behaviour when they are stripped of their usual identities
4
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Groupthink
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Emphasis on group unanimity at the expense of critical thinking and sound decision-making
5
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Group Polarisation
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Tendency of group discussion to strengthen the dominant positions held by individual group members
6
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Inoculation effect
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Approach to convincing people to change their minds about something by first introducing reasons why the perspective might be correct and then debunking it
7
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Obedience
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Adherence to instructions from those of higher authority
