effects of situational factors on behaviour

Question 1

Majority influence

Answer 1

when a person is exposed to the beliefs/ behaviours of a larger group of people & they change their attitudes/ actions to go along the group.

Question 2

Compliance

Answer 2

conform to the group behaviour to gain their approval, but will privately disagree.

Question 3

Internalisation

Answer 3

majority opinion has led you to change your opinion.

Question 4

deindividuation and collective behaviour

Answer 4

Individuals become part of a faceless group in crowds and take on collective behaviour of the crowd & do not think about consequences.

Question 5

Individualist culture

Answer 5

focused more on personal goals - more anti-social

Question 6

Collectivist culture

Answer 6

focused on the needs of the community - more pro-social.

Question 7

authority figures

Answer 7

Milgram and The Electric Shock study – with the presence of an authority figure people will commit unreasonable acts.

Question 8

Autonomous state

Answer 8

we feel responsible for our own actions.

Question 9

Agentic state

Answer 9

do not feel responsible as acting under orders from authority figure.

Question 10

limitations

Answer 10

-Ignores individual differences within collectivist cultures. E.g. some tribes have a
complete absence of pro- social behaviour for evolutionary reasons.

-Ignores free will research shows that individuals do have free will and there are
many examples of independent behaviour regardless of the situational factors.