Social roles - Zimbardo Flashcards
1
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What are social roles
A
Roles people play as parts of society (parent, nurse, teacher)
2
Q
Why do we change behaviour according to role
A
We idenify with role and act in a particular way appropriate to the role
3
Q
which type of conformity is involved in social roles
A
identification because public acceptance of behavior
4
Q
What is deindivisualisation
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- When indivusals lose their personal identity and take on the identity of a social group.
5
Q
Why are social roles with strong expectation more prone to deindivualisation
A
More specific identidies such as unforms like police, armed force, prisoners
6
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What happens during deindiviusalisation
A
- lower self awareness
- weaker sense of responsibility
- conformity rates get higher
