Unit 2.1.6 Obedience + Conformity Flashcards
1
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Milgram’s experiment
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- Teacher had to deliver brief shocks every time the student answered incorrectly
- 100% delivered shocks over 300V
- 65% delivered all the way to 450V
2
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Obedience
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- Act of people changing their behaviour
- In response to direct commands from an authority figure
3
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Confederate
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- In an experiment
- Someone who’s part of the team of experimenters
- Pretends to be the subject of the experiment
4
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Factors affecting obedience
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- Social proximity
- Legitimacy of the authority figure
- Group pressure
5
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Social proximity
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- Closeness between two or more people
- May include physical distance or closeness of relationship
6
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Legitimacy of the authority figure
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- Concept referring to an authority figure
- Who has a higher position/status in a social hierarchy
7
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Group pressure
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Occurrence in which other members reveal whether they are obedient to the authority figure or not
8
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Conformity
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- Process by which people modify their ideas, attitudes, behaviours or perceptions
- To more closely reflect those held by groups they belong or aspire to belong to
9
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Asch’s experiment
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- Participants had to match the line shown with one of 3 options
- 73% agreed with the confederate’s incorrect response at least once
- 33% agreed in half or more trials
- 24% didn’t conform
10
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Factors influencing conformity
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- Social norms
- Groupthink
- Group shift
- Deindividuation
11
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Social norms
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- Society’s unofficial rules + expectations
- Regarding how one should act
