Psychology - social influence

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the 3 types of conformity
Complience, internalisation and identification
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What is complince?
To fit in without a change of attitude (short-lived)
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What is identification?
The more attractive we see something, the more we want to belong (lasting effects)
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What is Internalisation?
Conforming to the majority view, taking on the beliefs, (life long)
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What did sherif do?
Showed ppts a light and asked how far it moved, put them into groups and asked how far it moved
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What was wrong with this study?
It was an ambiguous task, lab experiment, lacks external validity and ecological validity, deception
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Who studied complience?
Asch - 3 lines, asked which ones were the same, 75% conformed once
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Qhat were some of the problems?
Only male undergraduate, ambiguous, lacks ecological validity
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Who studied internalisation?
Moscivici - 2 stooges, shown shades of blue, the stooges called them green some people conformed
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What were the problems with this study?
Gender biased, lack ecological validity, lacks external validity,demand characteristics
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Two explanations of conformity...
Informational social influence and normative social influence
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What is meant by Informational social influence?
Copying someone else because you are not aware of how to behave
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What is meant by Normative social influence?
Conforming because a person has the need to fit in
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who devised the social impact theory?
Latane and wolfe
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What does the social impact theory say about what affects conformity?
The number of people, the prcieved strength of the individual, How close the person is
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What is obedience?
Behaving as instructed
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What was milgrams study?
ppts were asked to shock someone that wouls kill them 65% obeyed
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What is the theory that milgram devised relating to responsibility?
Agency theory - Autonomous and agentic states
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What is the autonomous state?
Claiming responsibility themselves
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What is the agentic state?
Claiming responsibility isnt theres for their actions
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What is legitimacy theory?
The higher the legitimacy of the authority the higher the obedience
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Who did Hoffling study?
Nurses that were given telephone orders to administer lethal drug from someone they dont know, most obeyed
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Who came up with locus of control?
Rotter - Internal and external locus of control
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What is internal locus of control?
Individuals believe that they control their own life
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What is external locus of control?
Individuals believe that fate of stars control their lives
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What is reactance?
Changing ones view away from majority view
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Who studdied reactance?
Bushman and stack - forbidden fruit (DVDs)
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Personality traits and group unamity also affect obedience
Gender and group size also affect obedience
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