Social influence

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Obedience
Complying with the orders of an authority figure
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Authority figure
Someone with more power and control than another
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Conformity
Matching the behavior and beliefs of others in order to fit in or because we don't know how to behave in an unfamiliar situation
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Compliance
Going along with the majority even though we privately don't agree
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Normative Social Influnce
Compliance because of the need to fit into a group
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Internalisation
Going along with the majority because we don't know how to act/behave
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Informative Social Influnce
Conformity because we do not know how to behave; others provide this information so we adopt their beliefs and behaviors.
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Identification
Temporarily adopting the behaviors of a role model or group
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Deindividuation
loss of personal self-awareness and responsibility as a result of being in a group
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Bystander Effect
when we fail to help someone (can also be called bystander apathy)
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Bystander effect: situational factors
diffusion of responsibility, noticing the event, pluralistic ignorance
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Diffusion of responsibility
When we believe others will help so we don't have to
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Pluralistic ignorance
When we interpret the situation according to others' reactions
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Bystander intervention: personal factors
Competence (ability), mood, similarity
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Conformity: situational factors
size of majority, unanimity of the majority, task difficulty
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Conformity: personal factors
locus of control
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Locus of Control
the extent to which we believe we have control over our behavior.
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Internal Locus of Control
when we believe we have control over our behavior
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External Locus of Control
when we feel that that other factors have control over our behavior
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Blind Obedience
When we comply with the orders of an authority figure without question
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Anti-semitic
Negative attitudes, prejudice or discrimination against Jews
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Obedience: situational factors
proximity of the victim, proximity of the authority figure, legitimacy of the context
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In Milgram's study what was the % of obedience when experimenter was in the room?
65%
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In Milgram's study what was the % of obedience when the experimenter wasn't in the room?
20.5%
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In Milgram's study what was the % of obedience when it was conducted in the rundown office block?
47.5%
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Momentum of Compliance
When we start something we feel compelled to finish it.
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Authoritarian Personality
A type of personality that is respectful of authority, right-wing in attitude and rigid in beliefs.
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F-scale
a questionnaire designed to identify authoritarian personalities or traits
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Prosocial behavior
Behavior that is seen as helpful, kind, co-operative and peaceful
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Antisocial behaviour
Behavior that is unhelpful, destructive and aggressive
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Field experiment
A procedure staged in a naturalistic environment
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Covert observation
Participants are unaware that they are being observed
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Piliavin: Aims
To investigate helping behavior in a natural environment and understand the conditions in which people are more likely to help.
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In Pliavin's study how many confederates were there?
4 groups with 4 people (2 girls and 2 boys) in each
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In Pliavin's study how many people helped before the model helped?
81/103
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In Pliavin's study how many of the first helpers were men?
90%
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In Pliavin's study how many of the first helpers were white?
64%
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In Pliavin's study how many times was the victim helped while carrying the cane
62/65 (95%)
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In Pliavin's study how many times was the victim helped while "drunk"
19/38 (50%)
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In Pliavin's study what 2 factors did the observers record?
How many people there were, their race and gender, who helped, how long it took them to help
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Zimabardo: aim
to investigate prisoner-guard conflict in a simulated prison environment.
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In Zimbardo's study how many people were chosen?
22 (1 dropped out, 10 prisoners, 11 guards)
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In Zimbardo's study how much were they payed a day?
$15
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Where was Zimbardo's study conducted?
The basement of Stanford University
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How long was Zimbardo's study meant to last?
2 weeks
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In Zimbardo's study how long did the guards work ?
8h shifts
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How long did Zimbardo's study last
6 days
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Why was Zimabardo's study ended early?
the prisoners were showing signs of anxiety and depression and the guards were getting out of control
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In Zimbardo's study what happened on the 2nd day?
The prisoners were barricading themselves in their cells
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Zimbardo: strenghts
high ecological validity, it advanced our knowledge on prisoner-guard interactions, roles were randomly assigned
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Zimbardo: weaknesses
Ethical guidlines were broken, sample was not generalisable
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Pilliavin: strenghts
no demand characteristics, large sample, high ecological validity, generlisable
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Pilliavin: weaknesses
No informed consent, deception, not generalisable out of the USA
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Someone with more power and control than another

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Going along with the majority even though we privately don't agree

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