Social Influence

Question 1

deindividuation

Answer 1

loss of self-awareness and responsibility when in a group setting

Question 2

blind obedience

Answer 2

complying with orders of an authority figure without question (usually negative)

Question 3

compliance

Answer 3

going along with the majority although we don’t agree privately

Question 4

identification

Answer 4

temporarily adopting behaviours from a group/ role model

Question 5

internalisation

Answer 5

going along with the majority because we don’t know how to behave

Question 6

locus of control

Answer 6

the extent to which we believe that we control our behaviours/ life

Question 7

diffusion of responsibility

Answer 7

when we believe others will help so we don’t need to

Question 8

pluralistic ignorance

Answer 8

when we interpret the situation based on other people’s reactions

Question 9

situational factors affecting bystander intervention

Answer 9

diffusion of responsibility, noticing the event, pluralistic ignorance, cost of helping

Question 10

personality factors affecting bystander intervention

Answer 10

mood, competence, similarity

Question 11

situational factors affecting conformity

Answer 11

size of majority, unanimity of majority, task difficulty/ ambiguity

Question 12

personality factors affecting conformity

Answer 12

locus of control: internal- we are responsible, personal, less likely external- not responsible, more likely, something external, is responsible

Question 13

situational factors affecting obedience

Answer 13

proximity to victims, proximity to AF, legitimacy of comets, personal responsibility, support of others

Question 14

personality factors affecting obedience

Answer 14

authoritarian: respect AF, rigid beliefs, right-wing politics, high score on milgram’s f-scale

Question 15

prevention of blind obedience

Answer 15

social support, familiarity with event, distance, education