Unit 2.1.5 Social Influence on Individuals Flashcards
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Social influence
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- How people can change their behaviour or attitudes
- Due to the direct or indirect influence of others
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Group
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- Two or more people
- Interact with + influence one another
- Work towards a common goal
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Collective
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- Collection of people
- Exert minimal influence on each other
- Don’t interact with every other person in the collection
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Status
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- Level of importance (real or imagined)
- Group members perceive
- Regarding another group member’s position in that group
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Power
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Individual’s ability to control or strongly influence the thoughts, feelings, + behaviour of another person/group.
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Role
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- Behaviour adopted by an individual or assigned to them
- Influence how they function or act in different situations
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Groupthink
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When group members’ desire to maintain group loyalty becomes more important than making the best choices.
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Group shift
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- Discussion leads a group to adopt attitudes/actions
- That are more extreme than the initial attitudes/actions of the individual group members
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Deindividuation
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- People act a certain way
- Because of the loss of identity a group provides
- Being in a new situation can contribute
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Social identity theory
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- Explains the tendency to favour our in-group over out-group
- To boost self-esteem
- Even without evidence to support
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Collectivist cultures
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- Cultures
- Emphasise the needs + goals of the group as a whole
- Over the needs + desires of each individual
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Social loafing
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- Person’s tendency to reduce their effort
- When working in a group as opposed to working alone
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Individualist cultures
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- Cultures
- Stress the needs of the individual
- Over the needs of the group as a whole
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Coercive power
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A person/agency has the ability to punish other
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Expert power
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A person/agency has specialist knowledge and skills
