conformity Flashcards
conformity
changing beliefs due to real or imagined group pressure
compliance
private disagreement
change in behavor
obedience
comply to the command of an authority figure
acceptance
start feeling pressure but agreement with group
change in behavior and attitude
asch’s
involve asking subject to make judgment
about line.
milgram obedience study
studied what happens when demand of authority clashes with personal conscience
63% complied
ethical concerns
> excessive stress
> alter self- concept/ esteem
influences on obedience M.s
distance from victim (learner)
authority figure
>physically present
>seen as legitimate
> example from the health field
Institutional authority
> yale v.s bridgeport
the group
>can sometimes have a liberating effect
fundamental attribution error
occurs when we overestimate how much anothers person’s behavior can be explained by dispositional factor
ex. in 12 angry men when one the juror made attribution that the boy was lying
reflections on classic studies
compliance overtakes morality
power of the situation
>normative pressures
behavior and attitudes
behavior doesnt always follow attitude
foot-in-the-door
reduce dissonance by devaluing subject
normative influence
go along to get along
avoid rejection
social concern
leads to compliance
informational influence
use info from others
desire to be correct
leads to acceptance
group size
3-5
packaging of the group
>2 group of 2vs. 1 group of 4
> 2 groups more credible
unanimity
private or public
group appears to be in agreement
one dissenter deflates social power of the group
>deny influence of the dissenter
cohesion
we “feeling”
own group conformity pressure
