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Social Influence Flashcards

1
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conformity-
conformity?

A

changes attitude or behaviour due to real or imagine group pressure

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conformity-
three types of conformity?

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compliance, identification, internalisation

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conformity-
compliance?

A

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

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conformity-
identification?

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public and private beliefs change in the short term.

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conformity-
internalisation?

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public and private beliefs change in the short term.

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conformity-
informative social influence?

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conforming to be right

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conformity-
normative social influence?

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conforming to be liked

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Obedience-
What is obedience?

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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.

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Obedience-
What is the authoritarian personality?

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

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

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

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

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Situational and dispositional

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Resistance to social influence-
What is social support?

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

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

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How much control we believe we have over out one behaviour

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

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

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

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

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Minority influence-
What is the snowball effect?

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Picks up more support as it moves

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

A

Consistent, commitment, flexibility

18
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Minority influence-
What are the two types of consistency?

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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)

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Minority influence- commitment-
What is the augmentation principle?

A

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

20
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Minority influence- flexibility-
Why must the minority be flexible?

A

This increases the chances of getting people to enjoy the cause

21
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Minority influence-
What are the 7 steps for social change?

A
  1. Consistent
  2. Committed
  3. Flexibility
  4. Pay attention
  5. Deeper processing
  6. Conversation occurs
  7. Social zeitgeist occurs
22
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Minority influence-
What is social change?

A

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

23
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Minority influence-
What is an example of conformity and minority influence?

A

Asch

24
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Minority influence-
What is a link to obedience and minority influence?

A

Milgrim

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

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  1. Drawing attention
  2. Consistency
  3. Deeper processing
  4. The augmentation principle
  5. The snowball effect
  6. Social cryptomnesia
26
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Social change-
What is the augmentation principle?

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

27
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Social change-
What is social cryptiomnedia?

A

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

28
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Social change- CR-
How is Asch related?

A

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

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

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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

30
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Social change- OR-
What does milgrims research show?

A

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

31
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Social change- OR-
What did Zimbardo suggest about gradual commitment?

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

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