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What is conformity?

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Matching the behaviour and beliefs of others in order to fit in or be right

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What are the 3 types of conformity?

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  • compliance
  • internalisation
  • identification
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Define ‘compliance’. (Normative social influence)

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Going along with the majority, even though we privately do not agree

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Define ‘internalisation’.
(Informative social influence)

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Going along with the majority, because we do not know how to behave in a situation-we adopt the beliefs of the group

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Define ‘identification’.

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Temporarily adopting the behaviours of a role model or group

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What is normative social influence?

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The desire to be liked

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What is informational social influence?

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Desire to be right

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Who conducted the line study?

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Asch

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What are the situation factors affecting conformity?

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  • side of majority
  • unanimity of the majority
    -task difficulty/ ambiguity
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What is size of majority?

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The greater the majority, the greater, the influence they have on your behaviour
(Large group= more likely to conform
Small group= less likely to conform)

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What is unanimity of the majority?

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There has to be an agreement between the majority of the group (social support= more likely to conform
No social support= less likely to conform)

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What is task difficulty/ambiguity?

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If the task we are performing is difficult or ambiguous (difficult= more likely to conform
Easy= less likely to conform)

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What is personality effects in conformity?

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Locus of control

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Define ‘locus of control’.

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The extent of which we believe we have control over our behaviour/life

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What is the internal locus of control?

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Refers to the belief that things happen as a result of an individual efforts and hard work (you make things happen)

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What is the external locus of control?

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Refers to believe that things happen as a result of luck and fate (things happen to you)

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Who conducted the Stanford prison experiment?

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Zimbardo

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What is a society?

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A collection of individuals who share the same location and norms

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What is an individualistic culture?

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Western – emphasises independence, individuality and alltonomy (USA,uk)

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What is a collectivistic culture?

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Eastern-emphasises membership, co-operation and support (china,Korea)

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What is obedience?

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Following the orders of someone in a higher authority, due to fear of consequences

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What is blind obedience?

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We follow the orders of an authority figure out without any questions, because it often has negative outcomes

23
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Who conducted the electric shock experiment?

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Milgram

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What are the ways to prevent blind obedience?

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-social support
- familiarity of situation
- distance
- education

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What is it meant by social support?

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When we feel we have an ally or are with others that resistor Bedians, we are more likely to resist ourselves

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What is meant by familiarity of the situation?

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Removes diffusion of responsibility

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What is meant by distance?

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If we increase the distance between ourselves and authority figure out, the impact is lessened

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What is meant by education?

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Whistleblowing-improve awareness of what is happening around us

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What is an authoritarian personality?

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Authoritarian character tends to be respectful authority is more likely to follow orders

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What is deindividuation?

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Lots of personal self-awareness and responsibility as a result of being in a group

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What factors affect deindividuation?

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Being able to hide your identity and wearing a uniform

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How does being able to hide your identity affect deindividuation?

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You lose the fear of being recognise, so you lose the fear of punishment

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How does wearing a uniform affect deindividuation?

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You lose the sense of your individuality, rest of the group, and follow the rules that apply to the rest of the group

34
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What is the bystander effect?

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Where the presence of others impact someone’s reaction to an emergency situation

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What situational factors affect bystander intervention?

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  • diffusion of responsibility
  • noticing the event
  • pluralistic ignorance
  • cost of helping
36
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What is diffusion of responsibility?

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When in a crowd, we feel less responsible for our actions as all the people around us could potentially help

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What is noticing the event?

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In a large crowd, we tend to pay more attention to ourselves as opposed to our surroundings, making it more difficult to notice emergency situations

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What is pluralistic ignorance?

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In an emergency situation, we often look at other people to see how they are reacting. If we say that other people are not intervening, we are less likely to intervene ourselves

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What is cost of helping?

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In emergency situations, we may feel that it is too costly to intervene, for example, it could take time out of my day off and put us in danger

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What are the personal factors affecting bystander intervention?

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  • competence
  • mood
  • similarity
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What is meant by competence?

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Whether we are physically able to help out in emergency situations

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What is meant by mood?

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People in a bad mood are less likely to intervene, because they pay more attention to themselves, compared to others around them

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What is meant by similarity?

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You’re more likely to intervene if we perceive the person involved to be similar to ourselves

44
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Who conducted the good Samaritan experiment?

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Piliavin

45
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What is bystander apathy?

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Bystander apathy is failing to help someone when they need help

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