social influence Flashcards
What is the agentic state?
Acting on the behalf of someone else
What are the explanations for obedience
1) Proximity
2) Location
3) Uniform
What is legitimacy of authority?
Legitimacy of authority is an explanation of obedience offered by Milgram. Milgram suggested that we are more likely to obey a person who has a higher position or status in a social hierarchy.
What is the authoritarian personality?
When a person is obedient to anyone with a high level of authority, and also lacks respect for those who have a lower status than themselves
What are the three ways a minority can influence a majority?
1) Flexibility
2) Commitment
3) Consistency
What are the three types of conformity?
Internalisation, Identification, Compliance
What are the explanations for conformity?
Informational Social Influence(ISI)
Normative Social Influence(NSI)
Who conducted the shock experiment?
Milgram (1963)
what is the autonomous state?
acting as yourself, with free will
what is the agentic shift?
The agentic shift is when a person transfers from autonomous to agentic
What are the limitations of Milgram’s shock study
Deception, Possible psychological harm, Lacks external validity
What are the two types of LOC
1) Internal Locus Of Control
2) External Locus Of Control
What is a factor that helps to resist social influence?
Social support, obedience is lower when a dissenter is present
