Social Influence Flashcards
(25 cards)
Milgram
A03
- Ethics
- Supporting evidence (nurses)
- Internal validity (belief)
- Social Identity Theory
Social Change
A03
- Non-conformity (Asch)
- Disobedience (Milgram)
- NSI (saving energy)
- Public opinion
Legitimacy of Authority and Agentic State
A03
- Germany vs Australia (Milgram)
- Planes (RWA)
- Milgram (autonomous again)
- Milgram’s variations
- Auschwitz doctors
Minority Influence
A03
- Moscovici
- Moscovici was artificial
- Flexible jury study
- Juror better if consistent
Aurthoritarian Personality
A03
- F-scale on Milgram
- Milgram’s variations
- Obediance of the majority
- Education
Asch
A03
- Ethics
- Participants
- Lab expreriment (pros and cons)
- Supporting evidence (ISI)
Resistance to Social Influence
A03
- Asch (non-conformity)
- Milgram (disobedience)
- SS can’t explain first dissenter
- Milgram (LOC)
- Time and age
NSI and ISI
Explanations of Conformity
A03
- Smoking
- Asch (NSI)
- Asch’s variations (ISI)
- Sherif (autokinetic effect)
Stanford Prison Experiment
A03
- Demand characteristics
- Abu Graib
- Ethics
Milgram
A01
Shock learner when give wrong answer
* 65% went to 450V
* 100% went to 300V
Ppts showed clear signs of distress
Milgram’s Variations
A01
- Disobedient teacher - fell
- In same room - 40%
- Put hand on shock plate - 30%
- Orders by phone - 23%
- Office building - 48%
Types of Conformity
A01
- Internalisation
- Compliance
- Identification
Internalisation
A01
Change in private beliefs and public behaviours
Compliance
Change in public behaviours but not private beliefs
Identification
A01
Change in behaviour and belief but only when part of a specific group
Asch
A01
Line judgement task
* 0.7% got incorrect in control
* 37% conformity
* 75% of people conformed at least once
Asch’s Variations
A01
- Group size increased up to a point (around 4+)
- Fellow dissenter 5.5%
- More difficult = more conformity
Zimbardo
A01
Students randomly assigned to roles
Each role had a uniform
Prisoners became passive and Guards invented nasty punishments
Had to be ended after only 6 days
Conformity to Social Roles
Social roles are the sets of behaviours and expectations that come with posistions in society
Agentic State
A01
A state in which people do not feel personal responsibilty of their actions as they believe themselves to be acting as the agent of an authority figure.
Agentic shift from autonomous state
Legitimacy of Authority
We are socialised to respect the authority of certain types of people
Legitimate authority comes from a defined social role
Uniform and location are symbols of this
Authoritarian Personality
A01
Dispositional factor
Caused by an overly strict parenting style
Extreme respect for and deference to the social heirarchy and those above them in it
Resentment for those they see as lower than them
Resistance to Social Influence
Social Support from role models who go against social norms first
Internal vs External Locus of Control
Factors Affecting Minority Influence
A01
- Consistency
- Commitment
- Flexibility
