Social Influence Flashcards

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Conformity

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Yielding to group pressure

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Group size

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The extent to which the number of people in a group affects the degree to which an individual conforms

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Unanimity

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The extent to which members of a group agreeing with one another affects the degree to which an individual conforms

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Task difficulty

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The extent to which how obvious a correct answer seems affects the degree to which an individual conforms

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Asch (1951) ‘baseline’

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Asch (1955)

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Todd Lucas et al (2006)

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Compliance

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Publicly, but not privately, going along with majority influence to gain approval

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Internalisation

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Public and private acceptance of majority influence, through adoption of the majority group’s belief system

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Identification

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Public and private acceptance of majority influence in order to gain group acceptance

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Informational social influence (ISI)

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A motivational force to look to others for guidance in order to be correct

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Normative social influence (NSI)

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A motivational force to be liked and accepted by a group

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Paul McGhee and Richard Teevan (1967)

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Asch (1951)

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Lucas et al (2006)

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Social roles

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The parts individuals play as members of a social group, which meet the expectations of that situation

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Cognitive dissonance

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An unpleasant feeling of anxiety created by simultaneously holding two contradictory ideas

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Confederates

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Also known a pseudo-participants and stooges, individuals who pretend to be participants or researchers

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Variables affecting conformity

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Characteristics that can affect the degree to which individuals conform

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Situational variables

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Features of an environment that affect the degree to which individuals yield to group pressures

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Individual variables

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Personal characteristics that affect the degree to which individuals yield to group pressures

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Mood

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Research suggests that humans will conform more when they’re in a good mood. Tong et al (2008)

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Culture

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Research suggests that humans will conform to different levels because of their culture. Smith and Bond (1993)

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Dehumanisation

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Degrading people by lessening of their human qualities

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De-individuation

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A state in which individuals have lower self-awareness and a weaker sense of personal responsibility for their actions

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Phillip Zimbardo et al (1973)

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Stanford Prison Experiment

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Obedience

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Complying with the demands of an authority figure

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Milgram paradigm

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Experimental procedure devised by Stanley Milgram for measuring obedience rates

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Ethical considerations

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Moral aspects of research that need to be taken into account before studies are conducted

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Internal validity

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The extent to which a study measures what it claims to measure

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External validity

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The extent to which conclusions can be generalised beyond the setting of a study

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Androcentrism

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A bis in psychological research in which a male perspective is over-emphasised at the expense of a female one

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33
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Stanley Milgram (1963)

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Behavioural study of obedience

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Charles Hofling et al (1966)

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Fake doctor instructed 22 nurses to gives does off an unfamiliar drug to patients. 20mg (when box said 10mg max). 21 of 22 nurses attempted to administer the drug before being stoped

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Orne and Holland (1968)

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Internal validity of Milgram’s study was poor, They say many of Milgrams participants knew shock was fake

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Charles Sheridan and Richard King (1972)

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Alex Haslam et al (2014)

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Situational variables explanation

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An external explanation that sees features of an environment affecting the degree to which individuals yield to authority figures

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Proximity

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The extent to which how aware individuals are of the consequences of their actions affects the degree to which they obey authority figures

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Uniform

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The extent to which the clothing worn by an authority figure affects the degree to which an individual will obey their commands

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Location

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The extent to which external setting affects the degree to which an individual will obey an authority figure

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Leonard Bickman (1974)

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Orne and Holland (1968)

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Internal validity of Milgram’s study was poor, They say many of Milgrams participants knew shock was fake

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David Mandel (1998)

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Autonomous state

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Opposite side of the agent state, where individuals are seen as personally responsible for their actions

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Agentic state

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Individual may obey an order, perhaps to do something ‘wrong’, the individual hands over responsibility for the outcome of the action to authority figure.

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Legitimacy of authority

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The degree to which individuals are seen as justified in having power over others

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Milgram (1974)

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David Mandel (1998)

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Wesley Kilham and Leon Mann (1974)

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Steven Rank and Cardell Jacobson’s (1977)

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Dispositional explanations

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An internal explanation that sees personal characteristics as affecting the degree to which individuals yield to authority figures

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Authoritarian personality

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Description of a person who holds rigid beliefs, is intolerant of ambiguity, submissive to authority and hostile to those of lower status or members of an out-group

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Adorno et al (1950)

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Elms and Milgram (1966)

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Richard Christie and Marie Jahoda (1954)

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Resistance to social influence

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The ways in which individuals attempt to withstand perceived attempts to threaten freedom of choice

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Social support

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The perception of assistance and solidarity available from others

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Locus of Control (LoC)

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The extent to which individuals believe that they can control events in their lives

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Reactance

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Rebellious anger produced by attempt to restrict freedom of choice

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Ironic deviance

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The belief that other people’s behaviour occurs because they have been told to do it lowers their informational influence

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Status

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An individual’s social position within a hierarchical group

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Systematic processing

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Analysis based upon critical thinking

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Morality

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Decisions and behaviour based upon the perception of proper conduct

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Personality

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The combination of characteristics that forms an individuals distinctive nature

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Julian Rotter (1966)

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Asch (1955)

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Susan Albercht et al (2006)

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William Gamson et al (1982)

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Charles Holland (1967)

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Jean Twenge et al (2004)

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Minority influence

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A type of social influence that motivates individuals to reject established majority group norms

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How minority influence works?

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Consistency, Commitment and Flexability

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Consistency

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The idea that the more unchanging a minority is in its viewpoint, the more persuasive it will be in changing majority opinion

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Commitment

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The extent to which a minority group showing dedication to their opinion affects individuals’ level of agreement with that opinion

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Flexibility

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The extent to which a minority group being prepared to slightly alter their opinion affects individuals’ level of agreement with that opinion

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Moscovici et al (1969)

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Blue and Green slides

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Wood et al (1994)

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Martin et al (2003)

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Social influence processes

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Social change

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The alteration of behaviour patterens and attitudes within a cultural grouping

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Steps a minority social influence creates social change

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Drawing attention, Consistency, Deeper processing, The augmentation principle, The snowball effect, Social cryptomnesia

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Nolan et al (2008)

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Foxcroft et al (2015)

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Nemeth (2009)

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Mackie (1987)

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Bashir et al (2013)

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