Social Influence Flashcards
Social Influence
The effect other people have on our behaviour. This includes conformity, obedience and and social loafing.
Conformity
A change in a person’s behaviour or opinions as the result of group pressure.
Obedience
Following the orders of someone we believe to have authority
Conformity
A change in a person’s behaviour or opinions as the result of group pressure.
Socialisation
The way we are raised to behave and the things we are taught to accept as normal.
Buffer
Something that creates distance between the teacher and learner (eg a wall or another person administering the shocks)
Deindividuation
The state of losing our sense of individuality and becoming less aware of our own responsibility for our actions
Anonymous
Being able to keep our identity hidden.
Social Loafing
Putting less effort into doing something when you are with others doing the same thing.
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
Helping someone without thinking of yourself, sometimes at great cost.
Bystander Apathy
Doing nothing in an emergency when someone is need of help.
