Social influence

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A change in a persons behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people
Conformity
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Person agrees in public with the group, but the person privately disagrees with the group’s viewpoint or behavior.
Compliance
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Type of influence when a person conforms to fit in with the group because they don’t want to look silly or be left out.
Normative
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The variables which affect conformity: group size, unanimity and...
Task difficulty
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Explanation of obedience: A..... S.....
Agentic State
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Type of Locus of control which is more likely to conform and obey
External
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Situational variables of obedience: proximity, location and...
uniform
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Who did the blue/green study of minority influence?
Moscovici
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If there are risks in putting the argument forward, the people behind the argument are taken more seriously- social change...
Augmentation principle
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Factors important in minority influence: consistency, flexibility and...
commitment
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Dispositional explanation for obedience
Authoritarian personality
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Person agrees in public with the group, but the person privately disagrees with the group’s viewpoint or behavior.

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Compliance

Card 3

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Type of influence when a person conforms to fit in with the group because they don’t want to look silly or be left out.

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Card 4

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The variables which affect conformity: group size, unanimity and...

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Card 5

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Explanation of obedience: A..... S.....

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