Test 3 Flashcards
The study of how living among others influences human thoughts feelings and behavior
Social psychology
Examines how other people in the social forces they create influence an individual behavior
Social influence
Conform to group norm
Conformity
Desire to be correct
Informational social influence
Desire for approval
Normative social influence
Factors influencing conformity
1 status of group members 2 Direct pressure/ridicule 3 Group size/at least three people 4 presence or absence of dissenters 5 cultural norms/values 6 personal traits/values
Acting in accordance with a direct request
Compliance
Starting with small request that will lead to a bigger request
Foot in the door
Asking for a lot then decreasing request to a smaller more reasonable one
Door in the face
Persuasion and selling technique in which item or service is offered at lower price than price is raised to increase profits
Lowball
Shamwow in commercials “buy now and get 17 of them”
That’s not all
Following a command/usually when someone in authority tells you what to do
Obedience/milligrams shock study
Situational factors that influence obedience
1 presence of authority 2 physical closeness 3 Setting 4 Authority unanimity 5 responsibility
Role is a social position that carries with it expected behaviors/gender roles
Role-playing
A set of expectations about a social position defining how those in the position ought to behave
Roll
When the presence of others improve performance occurs when the task is easy or well learned
Social facilitation
When the presence of others Hinders performance occurs when the task is difficult
Social inhibition
Less individual responsibility
Group
Group to pooled effort to less effort
Social loafing
Increase helping with one person
The bystander effect
Increase arousal and diminish responsibility/decrease self awareness and decreased his self restraint
Deindividuation
Group opinion strengthened
Group polarization
Mode of thinking and which the desire to keep harmony within the group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives
Groupthink
Inferences about causes of behavior
Attributions