Social Influence
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- Created on: 01-01-16 10:43
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- Social Influence
- Conformity:the tendency to change what we do, think or say in response to the influence of others
- Factors affecting conformity
- Size Of Majority
- Task Difficulty
- Unanimity
- Types Of Conformity
- Compliance: conform publicly but privately disagree.
- Identification: people change their beliefs to fit in with a grouo, but change may only be temporary. They change their view publicly and privately.
- Internalization the deepest type of conformity in which people change their beliefs permanently.
- Factors affecting conformity
- Obedience: following an order to carry out an action.
- Situational variables affecting obedience
- Proximity
- Uniform
- Location
- Situational variables affecting obedience
- Legitimacy Of Authority:the amount of social power held by a person, who gives an instruction.
- We may obey people because we trust them or because they have the power to punish or harm us.
- Agentic State:a person sees themselves as the agent of others and doesn't hold responsibility for their actions.
- The authoritarian personality.
- Extremely obedient
- Social Support and locus of control affect chances of resistance to social influence.
- Conformity:the tendency to change what we do, think or say in response to the influence of others
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