Keywords

Question 1

What is the definition of Conformity?

Answer 1

Is a type of social influence, involving a change in belief or behaviour, in order to fit in with a group.

Question 2

What is the definition for Internalisation

Answer 2

when someone has been persuaded or convinced to agree with something.

Question 3

What is the definition of Identification?

Answer 3

Person, who identifies with a social role and conforms to what is expected of them.

Question 4

What is the definition of compliance?

Answer 4

When you don’t agree with something privately, but you go along with it publically.

Question 5

What is Normative social Influence?

Answer 5

about fitting in and being accepted by other people (desire to be liked)

Question 6

What is informational social influence?

Answer 6

about believing that others know better than you or have more information (desire to be right)

Question 7

What did Asch (1956) do?

Answer 7

He did the compliance research.

Question 8

who created the identification research?

Answer 8

Zimbardo (1971)

Question 9

What is the definition of obedience to authority?

Answer 9

is a form of social influence, that involves performing an action under the order of an authority figure.

Question 10

What is the agentic state theory?

Answer 10

is when you act for someone else as an agent and don’t feel responsible for your actions.

Question 11

What is the agentic shift?

Answer 11

when people start of autonomous (independent) way feeling responsible for their actions and then move into a state where they are obedient, and see themselves carrying out someone else’s orders.

Question 12

What is the definition of legitimate authority?

Answer 12

Someone who is perceived to be in a position of social control within a situation (e.g. an experimenter, teacher, police officer).

Question 13

What are situational variables?

Answer 13

these are what affect levels of obedience- proximity, location and uniform (PUL)

Question 14

What is the definition of authoritarian personality?

Answer 14

a state of mind or attitude, characterized by belief in absolute obedience or submission to one’s own authority.

Question 15

What is the locus of control?

Answer 15

is a person’s perception of the personal control they have over their behaviour.

Question 16

What is the locus of control?

Answer 16

is a person’s perception of the personal control they have over their behaviour. This is whether you believe that you have control over your life or whether you think it is down to fate.

Question 17

What is meant be consistency?

Answer 17

Sticking with the same message and when the beliefs are strong and is consistent over time.

Question 18

What is meant by flexibility?

Answer 18

Adapting to the message to avoid dogmatism (don’t change their view or opinion at all).

Question 19

What is the Snowball Effect?

Answer 19

process starts from initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming bigger or more serious and perhaps potentially dangerous, though it may be beneficial.

Question 20

What is the social impact theory?

Answer 20

uses mathematical equations to predict the level of social impact created by specific social situations.

Question 21

what is the definition of obedience?

Answer 21

if you obey to someone’s instructions, who has ,ore authority.

Question 22

What are Buffers?

Answer 22

anything that reduces the immediacy and impact of the orders given, or reduce despersonalisation of the victim.

Question 23

what is Graduated commitment?

Answer 23

When the commitment and efforts takes a while to happen gradually.

Question 24

What are Allies?

Answer 24

A trusted companion, who can help and stick by you in a time of need.

Question 25

what is minority influence?

Answer 25

when behaviour of a larger number of people affects behaviour of a small group of people.