Culture and Social Psychology

Question 1

Minority Group Influence

Answer 1

How the idea and practices of small groups can influence larger groups

Question 2

Feagin’s (1984) Minority Group

Answer 2

• Experience discrimination and subordination
• Cultural characteristics / practices / physical traits that distinguish them
• Share a sense of identity, suffering and displacement
• Social status determined by rules about who belongs and who does not belong
• Subjugated to the rules and culture of a dominant group

Question 3

Collectivism

Answer 3

Group loyalty, commitment, conformity, belonging and fitting into groups, over standing out as an isolated individual

Question 4

Individualism

Answer 4

People prioritise standing out as an individual over fitting in as a group member