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Social Influence Definitions Flashcards

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Conformity

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Yielding to group pressure (also known as majority influence)

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Compliance

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Publicly but not privately conforming to the majority to gain approval and avoid social disapproval
Eg. A public front

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Identification

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Public and private acceptance of the group majority in order to fit in
Eg. Like in the army, folded clothes standing straight etc.

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Internalisation

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Public and private acceptance of the majority influence through adoption of beliefs
Eg. Religion

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Informational social influence

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The result of a desire to be right. It looks for others for guidance in order to gain evidence about reality (especially in unfamiliar situations)
Eg. Starting a new school

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Normative social influence

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An individual conforms to the expectations of the majority in order to gain approval and avoid social disapproval
Eg. Saying you don’t like someone even if you do, because the group doesn’t like them

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Cognitive dissonance

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An unpleasant feeling of anxiety created by simultaneously holding two contradictory ideas
Eg. Choosing places to eat, joining friend s or sticking with what you want to do

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Confederates

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People who are in on the experiment (secretly working with it)

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Situational variables

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Variables effected by the environment

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Individual variables

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Variables effected by the person

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Social roles

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Set of rights that a person has a to for fill

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De-individualisation

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Removal of a persons personality

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Dehumanisation

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Everyone thinking and feeling in the same way (less personality)

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Obedience

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Complying with the demands of an authority figure ( a type of social influence)

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Milligram paradigm

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A second experiment basically a remodel of Milgrams

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Androcentrism

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A study that it’s participants are dominated by males

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Agentic state

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The individuals surrenders moral responsibility for their actions and sees themselves as an agent for carrying out another persons wishes

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Autonomous state

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Individuals feel personally responsible for their actions

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Legitimately of authority

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The degree in which individuals are seen as justified in having power over others

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Dispositional explanation

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Explanations of behaviours such as obedience emphasise them being caused by an individuals own personal characteristics strut than the situational influences within the environment

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Authoritarian personality

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A person who has extreme respect for authority and is more likely to be obedient to those who hold power over them

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Resistance to social influence

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Not giving in to social ways or influences

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Social support

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The views that the individual has assistance available from others and that they are a part of a supportive network.

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Locus of control

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The extent to which an individual believes they can control events in their lives.

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Internal Locus of control

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Individuals who tend to believe that they are responsible for their behaviour and experiences rather than external factors

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External locus of control

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Individuals who tend to believe that their behaviour and experience is caused by factors outside their control

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Resistance

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Behaviour that can’t be influenced by people

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Ironic deviance

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Takes place when we believe that the behaviour of the majority is the result of unreasonable pressure from authority

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Status

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An individuals place in society (a hierarchy)

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Morality

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What is morally right wrong/ good or bad

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Personality

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Is the combination of a motions, behaviour, motivation and thought of patterns that defines an individual

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Minority influence

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A form of social influence where members of the majority group change their beliefs or bahviours as a result of their exposure to a persuasive minority

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Commitment

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The degree to which members of a minority are dedicated to a particular cause or activity

The greater the commitment the greater the influence

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Consistency

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Minority influence is effective provided there is stability in the expressed position over time and agreement among different members of the minority

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Social change

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Occurs when a society or section of society of society adopts a new belief or way of behaving which then becomes widely accepted as norm

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Social norms intervention

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Attempt to correct misperceptions of the normative behaviour of peers in an attempt to change the risky behaviour of a target population

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