Social Pyschology Flashcards
What are the three types of conformity
Compliance, Identification, Internilisation
What is compliance
Where someone pretends to believe something publicly, but privately they aren’t it.
Give an example of compliance to do with Vegitarianism
At Uni a person may not eat meat with their Vegetarian friends, but at home they eat a lot of meat
What is Internelisation
When you want to be part of a group so you pretend to believe, but you end up actually believing it both publicly and privately
Give an Example of Internelisation to do with Vegitarianism
Someones flatmates at Uni may be vegitarian, however they convince the person to start eating vegetartion as well
What is Identification
When you believe something both publicly and privatley to be part of a group, but when you move / things change these beliefs can too
Give an example of Identification to do with Vegetarianism
When at Uni with flatmates who are vegetarian, you may eat vegetarian as well. However after meeting new meat-eating friends, you could go back to eating meat as well.
Which of the three types of Conformity is permenant?
Internalisation
True / False - Do all three types of conformity affect public influence
True
Which type of conformity doesn’t change private belief?
Compliance
What are the two explanations for Conformity?
Normative Social Influence
Information Social Influence
Explain Normative Social Influence (NSI)
Conforming for emotional reasons - to fit in, fear of rejection, not wanting to be seen as an outcast. It is temporary
Give an example of NSI
Laughing at a joke you dont find funny
Explain Information Social Influence (ISI)
Conforming for cognitive (contextual) reasons. THis happens when you are unsure of the correct response to a scenario. Believe the group is smarter, so you should go along with them.
Give an example of ISI
Don’t say anything even though smoke is entering the room as nobody else is saying anything.
What was Milgrams Study
Electric shocks
Name the three factors which affect obedience
Proximity, Uniform, Location
Describe Uniform in reference to Milgrams study
Variations on millgram’s study took place with the teacher wearing different clothes. When wearing casual clothes rather than a lab coat, the obedience levels dropped from 65% to only 20%
Describe location in reference to Milgrams study
A variation on milgram study ocurred where the experiment took place in a run down office block. Obedience levels dropped to 40%. This is beacuse, compared to the prestigous Yale University, there is much less pressure to live up to the name of the place
Describe proximity in reference to Milgrams study
Whe the Teacher and Learner where in the same room, obedience dropped to 40%. When the doctor left the room the teacher was in, obedience dropped to 20.5%. When you are not in the presence of the one who is ordering you, it is easier to disobey
Explain the agentic state
No longer preform your own concsious actions, all your actions or completely controlled by someone else. Person being ordered believes they will have no responsibility for their actions
Explain moral strain
WHen in the agentic state, you may stop obeying someon if what they are telling to you begins to go against what you think is right.
Explain the autonomous state
When you are in complete control of your actions ; free will
What is the agentic shift
When you shift from the autonomous to agentic state, losing some of your free will
Explain the three points of legitimacy of authority
- When a person recognises their place in social hierachy
- Legitimiacy is increased by visual signs e.g. uniform
- Legitimacy of setting or system
What measures the authoritian personality
the F-SCALE
Give a brief explanation of the authoritarian personality
Obeys higher ups
Rude to lower-downs
Very strong stereotypes
Who proposed the three types of conformity
Kellman
