Social Influence Flashcards

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What is conformity?

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  • change in behaviour/ideals/beliefs
  • usually to fit in with a group
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3 types of conformity:

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  • compliance
  • internalisation
  • identification
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What is compliance?

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  • temporary change in public behaviour
  • private views maintained
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Give an example of compliance:

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  • being quiet in class then loud when teacher leaves
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What is internalisation?

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  • both public behaviour and private views change because of new information
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Give an example of internalisation:

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changing political views to fit in with friends

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What is identification?

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  • behaviours and views change to fit in with a group
  • temporary or permanent depending on desire to fit in
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Give an example of identification:

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starting smoking because your friends do

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9
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2 explanations for conformity:

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  • informational social influence
  • normative social influence
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What is informative social influence?

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  • agreeing with majority view
  • often in unfamiliar situations
  • other group perceived to be right
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Give an example of informative social influence:

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not knowing an answer to a question but agreeing with majority answer

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What type of conformity does informative social influence lead to?

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internalisation

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What is normative social influence?

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  • agree with majority view to be accepted by group
  • often caused by peer pressure
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Give an example of normative social influence:

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smoking due to peer pressure, privately disagreeing with it

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What type of conformity does normative social influence lead to?

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compliance

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What did Asch’s research focus on?

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variables affecting conformity

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What did Asch find in the increased group size variation of his study?

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  • up to 3 confederates = conformity rose to 32%
  • adding more after this made little difference
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What did Asch find in the disrupted unanimity variation of his study?

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  • added confederate who disagreed with others
  • resulted in reducing conformity & participant becoming more independent
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What did Asch find in the increased task difficulty variation of his study?

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  • standard line and comparison lines are more similar length
  • conformity increased (due to ISI as situation is ambiguous)
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What did Zimbardo’s research investigate?

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conformity to social roles

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What is a social role?

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the role people play subconsciously as members of society e.g. parent, child student
- has expectations of appropriate behaviour

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What did Milgram’s research focus on?

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How does uniform affect obedience?

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  • if dressed as authority figure, authority is perceived = more likely to obey
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How does proximity affect obedience?
when further away from consequence of actions e.g. you can't see the person your actions are affecting, more likely to obey as you can't visualise consequence
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How does location affect obedience?
when in a more prestigious location e.g. Yale uni, more likely to obey as you think experiment is more realistic
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What is proactive interference?
old info interferes with new info new info is forgotten
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What is agentic state?
person is acting as an agent of someone else no responsibility for actions
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What is autonomous state?
aware of consequences & responsibility of actions independent; acting on own behalf
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What is agentic shift?
change from autonomous state to agentic state
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What are binding factors?
aspect of situation that allow person to ignore or minimise damages of behaviour & reduce moral strain
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What is legitimacy of authority?
where some people have positions of authority due to being entrusted by society with powers e.g. police & punishment
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Outline research into cultural differences affecting obedience:
Milgram replicated in Australia = 16% went to 450V Germany = 85% went to 450V
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What are 2 explanations of resistance to social influence?
social support & locus of control
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What is social support?
easier to resist social influence if other people present aren't conforming
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How can social support reduce conformity? Give a study that supports this:
if someone is present that's not conforming, less likely to conform Asch variation - disrupted unanimity - conformity dropped to 55% from 70%
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How can social support reduce obedience? Give a study to support your answer:
if someone disobeys first, more likely to follow and disobey Milgram two peers rebel - 3 teachers, 2 confederate teachers refused to continue shocks = obedience of last teacher dropped to 10%
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What is a locus of control?
individual differences in people's beliefs & expectations about what controls events in their lives
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What is an internal locus of control?
- believe what happens to them is consequence of own behaviour - more likely to resist social influence
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What is an external locus of control?
- people believe what happens to them is controlled by external factors e.g. luck & fate - less likely to resist social influence
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What is minority influence?
where one small group influences a larger group
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What are 3 processes used in minority influence?
commitment consistency flexibility
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What is commitment?
minority should engage in extreme activities to draw attention to cause
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What is the augmentation principle?
where minority take part in activities that put them at risk to increase majority interest
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What is the snowball effect?
where consistency, commitment and flexibility interact and eventually cause majority to convert to minority