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Types of conformity

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Compliance
Internalisation
Identification

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Explanations for conformity

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Normative social influence

Informational social influence

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What does compliance mean?

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Changes their public views, but not their private views

Short term

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What does identification mean?

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Changes their public and private views but only when they are in the present of the group they are identifying with
Short term

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What does internalisation mean?

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Changes both their public and private views, even when they aren’t in the presence of the group
Long term

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What does conformity mean?

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When a person changes their attitude or behaviour due to real or imagined group pressure

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What is normative social influence?

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The want/desire to fit in

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What is informational social influence?

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The want/desire to be right

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What is unanimity?

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Agreement by all involved

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What is population validity?

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The extent to which the findings of a study can be generalised to other people

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What is ecological validity?

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Would we find the same results outside of the original research setting

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What is mundane realism?

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Does the study mirror what would happen in the real world

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What is historical validity?

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Can the findings be applied to other time periods

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What are demand characteristics?

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When the participant of an experiment aims to find the true meaning behind the research, subsequently changing their behaviour

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What variables influence conformity?

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Group size
Unanimity
Task difficulty

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What is validity?

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The tests ability to measure what it is suppose to measure

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What are the Ethical Guidelines that must be followed?

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The right to withdraw 
Informed consent
Protection from physical or psychological harm
Confidentiality 
Privacy
Deception
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Situational factors that affect obedience

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Proximity-How close your are to the person
Location-Where the study is held
The power of uniform

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What is the agentic state?

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A person sees himself or herself as an agent for carrying out another person’s commands

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What is legitimate authority?

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A person who is perceived to be in an position of social control within a situation

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What is an authoritarian personality?

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A personality pattern characterised by strict following of conventional values and the belief in absolute obedience or submission to authority

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What is the Californian F scale?

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Developed in 1947 as a measure of authoritarian traits or tendencies

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What is dispositional?

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An individual’s own personal characteristics affects the way in which they act

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What is situational?

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The environment in which you are in affects your actions

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What is social support?

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The idea that a person has support from someone else in their presence who also agrees with their view

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What is a minority influence?

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

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What does it mean when a minority group shows commitment?

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The degree to which members of a minority are dedicated to a particular cause or activity. The greater the perceived commitment the greater the influence

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What does it mean when a minority group shows consistency?

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Showing that there is stability in the expressed position over time and agreement among different members of the minority

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What does it mean when the minority group shows flexibility?

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A willingness to be flexible and to compromise when expressing a position

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What is social influence?

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It examines how a person’s opinion, behaviour and emotions are affected by others.

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What is conformity to social roles?

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Occurs when people behave in certain ways because they feel that is expected of them in that role.

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What is locus of control?

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The extent to which people believe they have control over their lives.

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What is internal locus of control?

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People with an internal locus of control believe that what happens in their life is largely down to their own behaviour and are less likely to resist pressure to conform or obey

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What is external locus of control?

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Those with external locus of control believe that what happens to them is influenced by external factors and that they do not have complete control over their lives. More likely to follow orders and not resist pressure to conform

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What is social change?

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It refers to the ways in which a society develops over time to replace beliefs, attitudes and behaviour with new norms and expectations.

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