Social influence Flashcards
Conformity
Change in persons behaviour/opinions as the result of group pressure.
Happens due to a need to be right (especially in an ambiguous situation) and need to be liked
AutoKinetic effect
An optical illusion - a spot of light on a screen appearing to move when it doesn’t
Obedience
Following orders from someone who we believe to have authority
Socialisation
The way we are raised to behave and the things we are taught to accept as normal
Buffer
Something that creates distance between a learner and teacher
E.g. A wall or another person administering shocks
Deindividuation
State of losing our individuality and becoming less aware of our own responsibility for our actions
Anonymous
Being able to keep our identity hidden
Mundane realism
Everyday situation, life like and not artificial
Social loafing
Putting less effort into doing something when you’re with others doing the same thing
Social influence
The effect other people have on our behaviour.
Including conformity, obedience and social loafing
Bystander intervention
Helping individuals who are unknown to you in an emergency
Diffusion of responsibility
In a group of people there is less need for the individual to act because someone else who is present could also do something
Empathy
Being able to put yourself in someone else’s position psychologically and understand how that person is feeling
Altruism
How can someone without thinking of yourself sometimes at a great cost
Bystander apathy
Doing nothing in the mergence say when someone is in need of help
