Social Influence

Question 1

conformity-
conformity?

Answer 1

changes attitude or behaviour due to real or imagine group pressure

Question 2

conformity-
three types of conformity?

Answer 2

compliance, identification, internalisation

Question 3

conformity-
compliance?

Answer 3

public beliefs change in the short term.
private beliefs do not change.

Question 4

conformity-
identification?

Answer 4

public and private beliefs change in the short term.

Question 5

conformity-
internalisation?

Answer 5

public and private beliefs change in the short term.

Question 6

conformity-
informative social influence?

Answer 6

conforming to be right

Question 7

conformity-
normative social influence?

Answer 7

conforming to be liked

Question 8

Obedience-
What is obedience?

Answer 8

A form of social influence in which an individual follows a direct order usually issued by someone in authority or who has the ability to punish if obedience is not present.

Question 9

Obedience-
What is the authoritarian personality?

Answer 9

Someone who has extreme respect for authority and is more likely to be obedient to those who hold power over them

Question 10

Resistance to social influence-
What is resistance to social influence?

Answer 10

The ability to withstand the social pressure to conform to the majority or authority

Question 11

Resistance to social influence-
What factors is this influenced by?

Answer 11

Situational and dispositional

Question 12

Resistance to social influence-
What is social support?

Answer 12

The presence of people who resist conformity or obedience, which helps other do the same

Question 13

Resistance to social influence-
What is the locus of control?

Answer 13

How much control we believe we have over out one behaviour

Question 14

Resistance to social influence-
What is high internal locus of control?

Answer 14

They have control over their own behaviours and are more likely to take responsibility for their own actions

Question 15

Resistance to social influence-
What is high external locus of control?

Answer 15

Perceive their behaviours as a result of external influences, such as luck

Question 16

Minority influence-
What is the snowball effect?

Answer 16

Picks up more support as it moves

Question 17

Minority influence-
What are the key factors which are necessary to cause influence?

Answer 17

Consistent, commitment, flexibility

Question 18

Minority influence-
What are the two types of consistency?

Answer 18

Synchronic consistency= consistent across the minority (they all say the same thing)
Diachronic consistency= consistency over time (sating the same thing over a long period of time)

Question 19

Minority influence- commitment-
What is the augmentation principle?

Answer 19

You install attribution may shift and your own perception on the minority may change

Question 20

Minority influence- flexibility-
Why must the minority be flexible?

Answer 20

This increases the chances of getting people to enjoy the cause

Question 21

Minority influence-
What are the 7 steps for social change?

Answer 21

1. Consistent
2. Committed
3. Flexibility
4. Pay attention
5. Deeper processing
6. Conversation occurs
7. Social zeitgeist occurs

Question 22

Minority influence-
What is social change?

Answer 22

Occurs when societies rather than individuals adopt a new attitude or view or way of doing things

Question 23

Minority influence-
What is an example of conformity and minority influence?

Answer 23

Asch

Question 24

Minority influence-
What is a link to obedience and minority influence?

Answer 24

Milgrim

Question 25

Social change- What are the six steps to social change?

Answer 25

1. Drawing attention 2. Consistency 3. Deeper processing 4. The augmentation principle 5. The snowball effect 6. Social cryptomnesia

Question 26

Social change- What is the augmentation principle?

Answer 26

When extreme acts are committed to draw attention. (The flag on the horse int he fermenting movement)

Question 27

Social change- What is social cryptiomnedia?

Answer 27

People remembered that a change has occurred but don’t remember how it happened.

Question 28

Social change- CR- How is Asch related?

Answer 28

When one confederate gave the correct answer then social change did not occur.

Question 29

Social change- CR- How does appealing to normative social influence relate?

Answer 29

Appealing to NSI, by providing about what other people are doing. (Reducing litter by printing posters, “bin it- it here do”), change is encouraged due to pointing out what the majority do

Question 30

Social change- OR- What does milgrims research show?

Answer 30

Obedience plummeted in groups when they were in the presence of a descenter.

Question 31

Social change- OR- What did Zimbardo suggest about gradual commitment?

Answer 31

Once a small instruction id obeyed, it is more difficult to resist obeying a larger one.