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Social Influence Flashcards

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What is Agentic State?

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Where we feel no responsibility for our behaviour.

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What is Legitimacy of Authority?

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We are more likely to obey a person who has authority over us.

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What is Authoritarian Personality?

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A type of personality that is more likely to obey a person of authority.

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What is resistance to Social Influence?

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Refers to the ability of people to withstand the social pressure to conform to the majority or to obey authority.

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What is Asch’s research about?

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1951 - devised a procedure to assess to what extent people will conform to the opinions of others.

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What is Locus of Control?

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Refers to the sense we each have about what direct events in our lives.

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What is Minority Influence?

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The minority persuades others to adopt their beliefs.

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What is social change?

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This occurs when whole societies adopt new attitudes.

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What are situational variables?

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Features of the immediate physical and social environment which may influence a person’s behaviour.

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What is proximity?

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The physical closeness or distance of an authority figure to the person they are giving orders to.

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What is Zimbardo’s research about?

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1970s - conducted a prison study looking at social roles.

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What is Milgram’s research about?

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1963 - designed a baseline procedure that could be used to assess obedience.

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What is psychology?

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The scientific study of the mind, behaviour and experience.

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What is identification?

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A moderate type of conformity where it’s only an act.

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What is compliance?

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A superficial and temporary type of conformity.

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What is informational social influence?

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We agree with the opinion of the majority because we believe it is correct.

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What is normative social influence?

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We agree with the majority because we want to gain social approval and to be liked.

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What are social rules?

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The parts people play in society.

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What is obedience?

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When someone follows a direct order.

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What is social influence?

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The process by which individuals change each other’s attitudes.

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What is conformity?

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A change in a person’s behaviour as a result of pressure from another.

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What is unanimity?

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The extent to which all members of a group agree.

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What is internalisation?

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A deep type of conformity where views change.

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