Social influence

1. Holding an opposing view to that of the majority. (7)
5. Also known as the 'California F scale' or the 'Fascism scale', the F scale was developed in California in 1947 as a measure of authoritarian traits or tendencies. (1, 5)
6. An individual follows everyone else to avoid being disapproved of by the group. (10)
7. A willingness to be flexible and to compromise when expressing a position. (11)

2. People may move from being in a state where they take personal responsibility for their actions to a state where they believe they are acting on behalf of an authority figure. (7, 5)
3. An unintended consequence of social norms interventions where people adopt the opposing position to that intended. (10)
4. To take orders from somebody. (9)
8. When your attitudes, beliefs or behaviour are changed due to the presence of a majority group. (10)
9. An individual will follow a group to get recognition and acceptance for their views. (11)
10. Also known as the 'California F scale' or the 'Fascism scale', the F scale was developed in California in 1947 as a measure of authoritarian traits or tendencies. (14)

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