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nolan et al

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aimed to see if they could change energy use habits
1 group had signs which mentioned other residents, the other had no link to others
those who mentioned other residents showed a significant decrease compared to control

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identification

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change behaviour because we like something about the group
public change to be accepted, but not private

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Bickman

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NYC
3 outfits (suit, milkman, security officer)
asked members of public to perform tasks
2 x more obedient to security guard than commuter

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origins of an authoritarian personality

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  • forms in childhood due to harsh parenting
  • high standards, conditional love, expectation of absolute loyalty
  • creates resentments for parents, but cannot express due to fear of punishment
  • so they displace it upon other weaker members of society
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meeus et al

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used a realistic version for Dutch participants
found high levels of obedience
which dropped when experimenter was not present

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levine et al

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asch style task
when dissenter had good eyesight - 64% refusaed to conform
no dissenter - 3% refused
poor eyesight - 36%

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adorno’s research

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2000 middle class white amercians
survey using F-scale
those who scored highly on the F scale identified with strong people and were contemptuous of the weak

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agentic shift

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change from autonomy to agency

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Perry

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listen to recordings of milgram’s participants and said only 50% believed the shocks were real

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types of conformity

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Kelman
- Internalisation
- Identification
- Compliance

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situational variable

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features of the immediate physical and social environment which may influence a persons behaviour

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legitimacy of authority

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we are more likely to obey those who we perceive to have more power over us, which is justified by their position in a social heirachy

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milgrams research prior to study

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asked 14 psychology students to predict behaviour
said no more then 3% would up tp 450V

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holland

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milgram study
37% of internals didnt go to 450V
23 % of externals didit go to 450V

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zimbardo method

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  • mock prison in base of stanford uni
  • 21 emotionally stable volunteers
  • randomly assigned to prisoner or guard
  • prisoners wore smock, identified by only number, bald cap
  • guards had sunglasses, uniform, handcuffs and baton
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conformity

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a change in a person’s behaviour or opinions as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or group of people

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Greenstein

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F scale was highly biased, and the strucutre of the questions lead to response bias

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McDermott

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90% of prisoner’s conversations were about prison life

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support for agentic state

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milgram
when ppts asked who is responsible, the experimenter said they were, and ppt continued.

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Beauvois et al

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replicated study in a tv programme
80% delivered maximum voltage to apparently unconscious man
similar behaviour as well

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proximity variation

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  • in the same room (40%)
  • force hand onto shock plate (30%)
  • order by phone (20%)
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Evidence for NSI

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Asch - when asked to write down answers (no social approval), conformity dropped

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gradual commitment

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once a small instruction is obeyed, it is harder to resist a bigger one

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social roles

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the ‘parts’ people play as members of various social groups.

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compliance
going along with others only in public, not private only occurs in presence of group
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unanimity variation
by adding a dissenter, conformity dropped by over 75%
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martin et al
- presented a viewpoint and measured agreement - then either listened to a majority or minority group agree with it - exposed to a conflicting view and measured agreement again - found people were less willing to change views if they listened to a minority
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milgram's findings
all participants went up to 300V 65% continued to maximum showed signs of extreme tension (sweat, trmble, dig nails into hands)
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authoritarian personality
adorno a type of personality that is easily susceptible to obeying people of authority
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albrecht et al
- 8 week usa programme to help pregnant adolescents to stop smoking - those with a buddy were less likely to smoke compared to a control group without a buddy
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deindividuation
loss of personal identity due to a uniform
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minority influence
a form of social influence in which a minority of people perudades others to adopt their beliefs,attitudes or behaviours leads to a permanent change (internalisation)
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findings of zimbardo's experiment
guards were enthusiastic, became more violent as the study went on, harassed prisoners (woke up at night, locked in cells etc) prisoners rebelled, hunger strike, then became submissive. psychological disturbance and some let go early. had to end at 6 days, not 14
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dispositional explanation
highlights the importance of an individual's personality
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moscovici study
6 people in a group asked to state whether 36 blue slides were blue or green in each group there was a minority (2 confederates) who consistently said they were green participants said green (incorrect) on 8.5% of trials this was repeated but with an inconsistent minority, and agreement fell to 1.25% no confederates = 0.25%
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binding factors
aspects of a situation which allows an individual to ignore or minimise the damaging effect of their behaviour
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locus of control
rotter internal - takes personal responsibility for actions external - rely on fate, luck and chance
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resistance to social influence
ability of people to withstand the social pressures to conform to the majority or to obey authority
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social support
presence of people who resist pressures to conform or obey can help others to do the same
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Normative social influence
- focus on what is the norm - gains social approval - emotional process - temporary change - happens when rejection is a concern
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support for authoritarian personality
milgram et al interviewed 20 obedient and 20 non obedient participants, found that the obedient group scored significantly higher on the F-scale
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task difficulty variation
conformity increased when the task was more ambiguous
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Hoffling et al
unknown doctor phoned 22 nurses to ask them to administer an overdose of an unknown drug 21/22 obeyed, despite it breaking the procedure
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Rank et al
replicated Hoffling's study, but with more realistic circumstances, and found a much lower level of obedience
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Milgrams baseline study
40 paid american male volunteers 'randomly' selected as teacher, confederate was learner told it was a study based on memory learner had to remember pairs of words and recite to participant if incorrect, participant administers shocks, from 'slight shock' to 'XXX' at 450V at 300v and 315V, learner banged on the wall, then was silent. if participant hesitated, man in a lab coat gave prods (please continue - you have no other choice)
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asch baseline findings
conformity - 1/3 of the time 25% never conformed
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madel
offers an excuse to nazi behaviour
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Individual differences in NSI
McGhee et al - nAffiliators are deeply concerned with being liked.
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stages to social change
1) draw attention 2) consistency 3) deeper processing 4) augmentation principle 5) snowball effect 6) social cryptomnesia
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location variation
- in run down office block (48%)
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uniform variation
- 'random' member of public in plain clothes (20%)
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features of an authoritarian personality
- extreme respect for those in power - inflexible outlook on the world - alternative groups of people are responsible for ills of society
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explanations for conformity
Gerad et al - two process theory - informational social influence - normative social influence
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internalisation
genuine acceptance of the group norms permanent change, even in absence of others
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Informational social influence
- need to be right - cognitive process - permanent change - happens in new / ambiguous situations
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asch baseline study
123 American men shown 3 lines and reference line, had to match reference to the same length line confederates and 1 real participant in a group
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gamson et al
told employees to provide evidence to help with a smear campaign in groups 88% rebelled against orders due to peer support
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3 factors of a sucessful minority
consistency - synchronic (all saying same thing) or diachronic (been saying same thing over a long period of time) commitment - dedication, augmentation principle (extreme acts) flexibility - must be willing to adapt point of view
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group size variation
asch added more confederates (majority), and conformity increased, but only up to 3
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agentic state
a mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our behaviour because we believe that we are acting for an authority figure
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Lucas et al
people conformed more when given a hard maths question, however those with higher confidence in maths ability conformed less
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bashir et al
people may resist social change due to pre-existing stereotypes. e.g participants were less likely to behave in an environmentally friendly way as they didn't want to be associated with 'tree huggers'
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social change
when whole societies adopt new attitudes and beliefs
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wood et al
meta analysis of over 100 moscovici style studies and found that consistent minorities were most influential
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