Social influence - social change

Question 1

social change

Answer 1

change in societies attitudes/beliefs

Question 2

social crypto-amnesia

Answer 2

forgetting where social change came from and not giving credit to minorities who caused it

Question 3

social norm intervention

Answer 3

using normative social influence by providing info on what others are saying to promote a certain attitude/behavior. e.g covid guidance, recycling, etc.

Question 4

what did Zimbardo say about social change?

Answer 4

obedience can create social change through gradual commitment. obeying smaller instructions makes it harder to disobey larger instructions. e.g Milgram’s study, gradually working up shock levels

Question 5

when are we more likely to have our views changed?

Answer 5

when an ingroup (someone we share characterstics with) has a minority view/belief. e.g white person telling other white person about civil rights = more successful than black person telling white person