Social Group pt.2

Question 1

What did Asch’s experiment reveal?

Answer 1

Willingness to conform to a group despite your own judgement from being different.

Question 2

Informational conformity

Answer 2

What they say convinces us they are right

Question 3

Normative conformity

Answer 3

Agrees with group because if not they will disapprove.

Question 4

What did Milgram’s research reveal?

Answer 4

People will blindly follow an authoritative figure even if it may harm others.

Question 5

What is groupthink? ( Janis)

Answer 5

the tendency of group members to conform resulting in a narrow view of some issues.
ex. Group agrees to go to mars when everyone secretly wants to stay home.
Privilege of membership= doesn’t want to be cast out for voicing concerns

Question 6

What is the problem with group think?

Answer 6

Bad decisions are made out of the need to conform.

Question 7

Example of reference group?

Answer 7

Moving into a college where they are environmentally friendly can make you become more environmentally friendly.

Question 8

What is a network?

Answer 8

• Web of weak social contacts

- Mutuals of mutuals