Unit 2.1.8 Empowering Individual Decision Making Flashcards
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Non-conformity
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Any behaviour that is not conformity.
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Independence
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- Situation
- A person perceives group pressure but doesn’t respond to it
- At either the public or private level
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Self-determination theory
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- Concept
- People achieve self-determination when three basic psychological needs are met
- Autonomy, competence, relatedness
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Autonomy
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- The need to be able to act authentically
- Based on individual choice + intrinsic motivation
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Competence
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- The need to feel as though you have the skills required
- To meaningfully carry out behaviours that affect your enviro
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Relatedness
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The need to feel a sense of attachment, connection, and belonging with others.
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Extrinsic motivation
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- Engaging in activities/behaviours
- For their external benefits
- E.g. rewards
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Intrinsic motivation
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- Engaging in activities/behaviours
- For their internal benefits
- E.g. knowledge
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Anti-conformity
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- Deliberate behaviour
- Acts against the position of one or more people
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Factors that motivate anti-conformity
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- Desire to promote change
- Reactance
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The desire to promote change
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- People hold the belief that circumstances are unethical, unfair, or incorrect
- May be encouraged to bring about change in certain contexts
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Reactance
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- Motivational state of distress + resistance
- Caused by a desire to regain personal freedom after it’s been removed or threatened by external sources
13
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Factors that weaken conformity
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- Individuation
- Social support
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Individuation
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- When an individual’s identity + contributions to a group are noticeable
- Increases people’s sense of responsibility
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Social support
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- When others hold a similar attitude/perspective to an individual
- Can facilitate the development of deviant subgroups
