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Social Influence Flashcards

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Conformity

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Behaviour of an individual or group is influenced or changed by a larger or more dominant group.

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Social Influence

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The influence of others causing a person to change their behaviour

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How many types of conformity are there?

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3

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What are the 3 types of conformity?

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Internalisation/Informational
Compliance/Normative
Identification

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Internalisation

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Going along with the majority and believing in their views

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Compliance

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Going along with the majority even if you don’t agree with their views in order to appear ‘normal’ in that social situation.

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Identification

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Conforming of what is expected (or you believe is expected) of you in order too fill a social role.

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What type of social influence is internalisation linked too?

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Informational Social Influence

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What type of social influence is compliance linked too?

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Normative Social Influence

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Why might people be impacted by internalisation conformity?

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They don’t know how they are ‘supposed’ to behave and so look to others for INFORMATION (hence informational social influence) about how to behave.

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Why might people be impacted by compliance conformity?

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In order to appear ‘normal’ for fear of rejection or expulsion.

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Why might people be impacted by Identification Conformity?

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They want to fit a specific role in society, or are trying to imitate the behaviour of a role model.

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What are the 3 types of conformity?

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Identification
Internalisation
Compliance

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Which type of conformity is Informational Social Influence linked too?

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Internalisation

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Which type of conformity is Normative Social Influence linked too?

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Compliance

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Which researcher tested the effects of informational social influence?

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Muzafer Sherif in 1935

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Which researcher tested the effects of normative social influence?

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Solomon Asch in 1951

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Ambiguous Task

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One where the answer isn’t clear

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Informational Social Influence

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People conforming to the views of the group because they believe the group knows better than them.

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Normative Social Influence

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Normative social influence happens when people conform to a group to fit in or be accepted, even if they don’t agree.

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Give the 2 types of Social Influence and the differences between them

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Normative - People agreeing with the group to fit in.
Informational - People agreeing with the group because they believe they are right.

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Sherif tested the effects of what type of social influence?

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Informational

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Asch tested the effects of what type of social influence?

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Normative

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