Social Influence

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Agentic State
Where people regard themselves as 'the instrument' for carrying out other people's wishes.
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Autonomous state
Where people feel in control and responsible for their actions.
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Locus of Control.
Rotter, people with an internal locus of control believe their personality and behaviour determines the outcome of events, more independant. People with an external locus of control believe their actions are more effected by chance or other people.
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Jeness
Beans in a jar experiment, where they were asked individually then as a group and then individually. People conformed to the group estimate the second time they were asked individually.
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Critisms of conformity studies
1. Artificial (lack ecological validity). 2. Ethical issues (the PP's were decieved). 3. may only reflect the norms of the 1950's.
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Social power explanations (Latane and Wolf)
1. impact of the experimenters power on the subject. 2. impact of the learners distress on the subject (Milgrams study).
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Anti-conformity
Resisting social influence by deliberately opposing the majority and refusing to behave like them.
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Independant behaviour
True rejection of social influence to behave in accord to the persons internal attitude.
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Independance in Asch study
1. Non conformity on critical trials was 68%. 2. 26% did not conform at all. 3. all 50 subjects were resistant at least once.
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Hofling et al
Hospital experiment. 95.5% of nurses tested obeyed an unknown doctors telephone call.
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Where people feel in control and responsible for their actions.

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Autonomous state

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Rotter, people with an internal locus of control believe their personality and behaviour determines the outcome of events, more independant. People with an external locus of control believe their actions are more effected by chance or other people.

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Beans in a jar experiment, where they were asked individually then as a group and then individually. People conformed to the group estimate the second time they were asked individually.

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1. Artificial (lack ecological validity). 2. Ethical issues (the PP's were decieved). 3. may only reflect the norms of the 1950's.

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