SI test Flashcards
State the 6 stages on creating social change
-Draw Attention
-Consistency
-Deeper Processing
-Augmentation principle
-Snowball effect
-Social cryptomnesia
What’s an example of drawing attention
Protests to raise awareness
What’s an example of Consistency
boycotting
What’s an example of Deeper processing
People that had adhered to the status quo beginning to question it
What is Augmentation principle and what is an example of it?
The minority carrying out an action despite great opposition such as protests which resulted in the civil rights movement
What’s an example of The snowball effect
The minority beginning to grow (minority becomes majority)
What’s an example of Social cryptomnesia
Accepting the change e.g. suffragettes
What is synchronic consistency?
The minority all believing the same thing
What is diachronic consistency
the minority expressing the same thing over time
What is the explanation for the authoritarian personality?
-Harsh and punitive upbringing
-Little love
-Much punishments
Outline the process of being an authoritarian person
- Fear of parents leads to excessively respectful of authority figures
- Hatred of parents leads to hate and anger towards others
How can the authoritarian personality type be found?
F-scale through interviews
Outline legitimacy of authority
People are more likely to obey others they believe have more authority than them
Give an example of legitimacy of authority
Society uses the hierarchy of power
Outline destructive authority
Accepting some people higher up in the hierarchy have the power to punish
Give an example of destructive authority
Accepting when a teacher gives you detention
How many ppts in Asch’s study gave a wrong answer
37%
How many ppts in Asch’s study never gave a wrong answer
25%
How many conformed on at least one trial in Asch’s study
75%
What percentage was conformity at when group size was increased
30%
What was conformity when there was a dissenter
Dropped from 32% to 6%
How many ppts were in Asch’s study?
123 American males
What are two disadvantages of Asch’s line study?
-Gender bias
-Ethnocentrism
What was Milgram’s aim?
To investigate how far people would go in obeying authority and instruction if it involved harming another person
