Social Influence, Aggression and Prosocial Behavior

Question 1

efforts to change our attitude, beliefs, perceptions and behaviors

Answer 1

social influence

Question 2

what are the three type of social influence?

Answer 2

conformity, compliance, and obedience

Question 3

change in attitude or behavior to adhere to social norms

Answer 3

conformity

Question 4

violate the written law or things that are explicity stated (example: speeding on the highway)

Answer 4

explict norm

Question 5

a non-written, but consciously known law (example: do not talk over people / do not interrupt people)

Answer 5

implicit norm

Question 6

describes what the average, typical person does in the group (ex: typical style of a person going to class)

Answer 6

descriptive norm

Question 7

describe what an ideal person should do or how they should behave (ex: getting a smoker to stop because an ideal person does not smoke!)

Answer 7

injunctive norm

Question 8

the experimenters asked the confederates which lines match the presented line and they answered incorrectly; the participant conformed (76%) conformed and answer incorrectly

Answer 8

solomon asch line experiment

Question 9

emphasizes the power of the situation, and present public conformity

Answer 9

solomon asch line experiment

Question 10

represents the attitude that we have in a public manner

Answer 10

public conformity

Question 11

represents the attitude that we have in a private manner; can contrast w/ our public behavior

Answer 11

private acceptance

Question 12

how much everybody likes one another (connection-based); associated with more productivity in terms of tasks

Answer 12

cohesiveness

Question 13

__________ influences conformity and is okay as along as the norm is prosocial (!)

Answer 13

conformity

Question 14

refers to conformity, in which we conform because we want to be liked and accepted by the group (divergence from norm = likely to be rejected!)

Answer 14

normative social influence

Question 15

refers to the conformity in which we conform because we are lacking in information and figure that the group’s average opinion is more accurate than our own

Answer 15

informational social influence