social influence Flashcards
what is conformity
a change in a person’s behavior or opinions as a result of real of imagined pressure from a group or a person
social factors that affect conformity
group size , anonymity , task difficulty
dispositional factors that affect conformity
personality , expertise
what is the ai of asch’s study
if poeple would conform to a group on aan unambigious task
what were sasch’s study parcipants
all male
what are asch’s particapnts told
they were taking part in a visual illusion task
method of asch’s study
two white cards were displased one with a standrad line and another with three comparison lines and particpants were asked to match the standrad line to one of the theree comparison line on 18 traials and 12 of them were critical were confederates gave the wrong answers
how many critical trails were there on asch’s study
12 out of 18
reuslts of asch’s study
on average 75 percent the particapnats conformed at least one and on average 32 percent of particpants
conclusion of asch’s study
poeple would confrm to an umabigious as a sense of group pressure
what type of study was asch’s study
a lab study
how does your personality influence your conformity levels
if you have a high external locus of control you are more likely goign to be able to confrom
internal locus of control
when you eblieve you are in charge of your own fate. and you are more likely to resist to soical pressure
external locus of control
outside factors can control your fate
what is obedience
your behavior is as result of the person you view as an to an authoritative figure
what is milgrams agency theory
suggests all people are likely to be obedient to an autorotative figure