Social influence Flashcards
Conforming to other people’s behaviour out of a genuine belief that what they are doing or saying is right:
Private acceptance
The influence of other people that leads us to conform because we see them as a source of information to guide our behaviour; we conform because we believe that other’s interpretation of an ambiguous situation is more correct than ours and will help us choose an appropriate course of action:
Informational social influence
Conforming to other people’s behaviour publicly without necessarily believing in what the other people are doing or saying:
public compliance
the rapid spread of emotions or behaviours through a crows:
contagion
The occurrence in a group of people of similar physical symptoms with no known physical cause:
Mass psychogenic illness
The implicit or explicit rules a group has for the acceptable behaviours, values, and beliefs of its members:
social norms
The influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them; this type of conformity results public compliance with the group’s beliefs and behaviours but not necessarily in private acceptance of those beliefs and behaviours:
Normative social influence
The idea that conforming to social influence depends on the group’s importance, its immediacy, and the number of people in the group:
Social Impact Theory
Idiosyncrasy credits:
The tolerance a person earns, over time, by conforming to group norms; if enough idiosyncrasy credits are earned, the person can, on occasion, behave deviantly without retribution from the group
The case where a minority of group members influences the behaviour or beliefs of the majority:
minority influence
People’s perceptions of what behaviours are approved or disapproved of by others:
injunctive norms
People’s perceptions of how people actually behave in given situations, regardless of whether the behaviour is approved or disapproved of by others:
Descriptive norms
What occurs when people change their behaviour due to the real or imagined influence of others?
conformity
What are the two main reasons why people conform?
Informational and normative social influences
