Social influence
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- Created on: 05-10-19 16:35
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- Social influence
- Types of confromity
- identification
- when a person values a group they publicly change views to be apart o group ( even if privately they disagree
- Complicance
- public agreement + private disagreement
- identification
- Explanations for conformity
- Informational social influence
- the need for certainty/ to be right - so you look for others for information
- Normative social influence
- this is about the 'norms' of a group - when people want to be accepted by a group
- Informational social influence
- variables affecting conformity
- Group size
- conformity increases with three confederates (addition to people stays the same)
- Unanimity
- ( addition of non-conforming person ) conformity reduced by a quatre
- Task difficulty
- (Asch made lines closer together in length) conformity increased
- Group size
- Explanations for obedience
- agentic state
- A mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour ( as we believe ourselves to be acting for an authority figure)
- opposite to agentic state is 'autonomous' state (to be free)
- so a person in an autonomous state is free to behave according to their own principles & therefore feels a sense of responsibility for their actions
- opposite to agentic state is 'autonomous' state (to be free)
- A mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour ( as we believe ourselves to be acting for an authority figure)
- Legitimacy of authority
- an explanation for obedience which suggests that we are more likely to obey people who we perceive to have authority over us
- agentic state
- Types of confromity
- Conformity to social roles ( Zimbardo )
- Individuals were randomly assigned to social roles (ruled out individual personality differences)
- As shown guard & prisoners behaved differently - as they performed in their social rules under the pressure
- it could be argued they were play acting as they were 'playing a role'
- As shown guard & prisoners behaved differently - as they performed in their social rules under the pressure
- Social influence
- Types of confromity
- identification
- when a person values a group they publicly change views to be apart o group ( even if privately they disagree
- Complicance
- public agreement + private disagreement
- identification
- Explanations for conformity
- Informational social influence
- the need for certainty/ to be right - so you look for others for information
- Normative social influence
- this is about the 'norms' of a group - when people want to be accepted by a group
- Informational social influence
- variables affecting conformity
- Group size
- conformity increases with three confederates (addition to people stays the same)
- Unanimity
- ( addition of non-conforming person ) conformity reduced by a quatre
- Task difficulty
- (Asch made lines closer together in length) conformity increased
- Group size
- Explanations for obedience
- agentic state
- A mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour ( as we believe ourselves to be acting for an authority figure)
- opposite to agentic state is 'autonomous' state (to be free)
- so a person in an autonomous state is free to behave according to their own principles & therefore feels a sense of responsibility for their actions
- opposite to agentic state is 'autonomous' state (to be free)
- A mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour ( as we believe ourselves to be acting for an authority figure)
- Legitimacy of authority
- an explanation for obedience which suggests that we are more likely to obey people who we perceive to have authority over us
- agentic state
- Types of confromity
- Variables affecting obedience
- proximity
- original: teacher & learner in adjoining rooms - teacher could only hear learner (65% obedience)
- 2nd: both in same room (40%)
- 3rd: teacher forced learners hand onto 'electroshock plate' (30%)
- 2nd: both in same room (40%)
- original: teacher & learner in adjoining rooms - teacher could only hear learner (65% obedience)
- Location
- original: experiment set in a prestigious university
- 2nd: set in a run- down building (47%)
- original: experiment set in a prestigious university
- Uniform
- Original: grey lab coat (symbolising authority)
- 2nd: experiment left & was replaced by a member of public (everyday clothes) (20%)
- Original: grey lab coat (symbolising authority)
- proximity
- Dispositional explanations for obedience
- the Authoritarian personality
- Type of personality that Adoro argued is susceptible to obeying people in authority
- such individuals are thought to be submissive to those of higher status and dismissive of inferiors
- formed in childhood: resulting form harsh parenting/impossibly high parenting/ conditional love
- such individuals are thought to be submissive to those of higher status and dismissive of inferiors
- Adorno et al investigated the causes of the obedient personality in a study: 2000 middle class, white americans- they did an F-scale test
- Those who scored high on the F-scale were considered 'strong' - conscious of their own mind - showed excessive respect to those of higher status
- show contempt for people with inferior social status
- have highly conventional attitudes towards sex, race, gender
- formed in childhood: resulting form harsh parenting/impossibly high parenting/ conditional love
- have highly conventional attitudes towards sex, race, gender
- show contempt for people with inferior social status
- Those who scored high on the F-scale were considered 'strong' - conscious of their own mind - showed excessive respect to those of higher status
- no link between obedience & authoritarian personality- both could be associated with lower level of education
- Type of personality that Adoro argued is susceptible to obeying people in authority
- the Authoritarian personality
- Individuals were randomly assigned to social roles (ruled out individual personality differences)
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