Social influence Flashcards
Dispositional factors affecting collective behaviour
Personality and morality
Bystander behaviour
The way that someone responds when they see someone in need of help
Piliavins study evaluation
- helps us to understand why some people are less likely to help due to cost of helping
- carried out in a natural setting, participants didn’t know, reduced demand characteristics
Adornos authoritarian personality evaluation
- based on evidence, developed f-scale questionnaire (people who scored highly had authoritarian personality)
- study only revealed correlation between authoritarian personality and obedience so cause and effect cannot be assumed
Antisocial behaviour
When people do not act in socially acceptable ways or consider the rights of others
Social factors affecting collective behaviour
Social loafing
Deindividuation
Culture
Piliavin study conclusion
A persons appearance will affect whether or not they receive help and how quickly it is given
Dispositional factors affecting bystander behaviour
Similarity to victim
Expertise
Social factors affecting bystander behaviour
Presence of others
Cost of helping