Social Impact Theory

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Latane and Wolf came up with the

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Social Impact Theory

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Social Impact Theory date

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1981

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Social Impact Theory states there are

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three factors that effect social influence

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the three factors are

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strength
numbers
immediacy

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strength

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how powerful, knowledgeable and consistent the group appear to be

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numbers

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how many people are in the group

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immediacy

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how close the source of influence is to you

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Latane and Wolf’s theory says that

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minority influence happens through the same process as majority influence

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minority/majority influence process

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its just the balance of factors that create the social influence that’s different

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the number of people in a minority is relatively small but

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if the minority has strength and immediacy they can still exert social influence

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a majority doesn’t need as much

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strength or immediacy because they have the numbers

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lots of studies have provided

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support for social impact theory

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Mullen date

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1985

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Mullen conducted a

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meta analysis of studies investigated social impact theory

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Mullen found that lots of them relied on

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self report rather then observable behavior

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Mullen argued that support for social impact theory could actually be a result of

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demand characteristics