Social Influence

Question 1

Compliance

Answer 1

Temporary change in behaviour when with a group

Question 2

Identification

Answer 2

Changes in behaviours and beliefs when with the group

Question 3

Internalisation

Answer 3

Permanent changes in behaviour and beliefs infront and away from group

Question 4

Informative social influence (ISI)

Answer 4

The need to be right
Look at others who we believe to be correct to give us information on how to behave

Question 5

Normative social influence (NSI)

Answer 5

Need to be normal and fit in
Conform because we think that others will approve and accept of us, compliance

Question 6

Asch study description

Answer 6

Social influence
123 American males
Conducted in a lab
Faced either giving there own right answer or conforming to group opinion

Question 7

Low population validity

Answer 7

Cant be generalised to the overall population

Question 8

Zimbardos study( basic )

Answer 8

Conformity to social roles

Question 9

Zimbardos study description

Answer 9

Controlled observation in a uni
All males
Randomly allocated roles
They conformed to stereotypes roles
Real Police helped to arrest
Participant-enmeshed

Question 10

Milgrams study
Basic

Answer 10

Obedience to authority

Question 11

Milgrams study description

Answer 11

40 male
Electrical shock
Yale uni
Obedience to authority
Hand on shock plate
Telephone
In room

Question 12

Milgrams original percentage

Answer 12

65%

Question 13

Milgrams percentage- teacher learner in same room

Answer 13

40%

Question 14

Milgrams percentage- researcher told instructions via telephone

Answer 14

20.5%

Question 15

Milgrams percentage- teacher force learners hand on shock plate

Answer 15

30%

Question 16

Aschs percentages- how many conformed at least once

Answer 16

79%

Question 17

Aschs percentage-3 confedirates

Answer 17

31.8

Question 18

Aschs percentages- conformity with confedirate with right answer

Answer 18

5%

Question 19

Agentic shift

Answer 19

People regard them selves as agents of others and not responsible for their own actions

Question 20

Authoritarian personality facts

Answer 20

Created via facist scale

Is an upbringing thru harsh parenting

a person who has extreme respect for authority and is more likely to be obedient to those who hold power over them.

Question 21

Traits of authoritarian personality

Answer 21

Hostile towards those of lower status
Obedient to those of higher status
Extreme respect for authority
Conformists
Dogmatic-firm in their principles and have strong opinions
Prejudiced

Question 22

Locus of control

Answer 22

Individual differences in peoples beliefs and outcomes about what controls events in their life

Question 23

Internal locus

Answer 23

What happens to them is largely a consequence of their own behaviour
They control their own life
More confident

Question 24

External locus

Answer 24

Things that happen to them are largely uncontrollable and belive it’s down to fate

Question 25

Minority influence

Answer 25

Social influence where a minority persuades others to adopt their beliefs attitudes or behaviours

Question 26

3 behavioural styles in minority influence

Answer 26

Consistency- consistent to beliefs Flexibility- compromising to opposing beliefs Commitment- show dedication to beliefs and issues

Question 27

Miscovici

Answer 27

Lab study , female participants , told it was investigating perception Participants were shown 36 slides clearly showing different shades of blue or green and had to state the colour out

Question 28

Miscovici percentages- confedirates consistent

Answer 28

8.2% had been impacted

Question 29

Miscovici percentages- confedirates inconsistent

Answer 29

Impacted 1.25%

Question 30

Milgrams percentages- rundown building

Answer 30

47.5%

Question 31

Milgrams percentages-casual clothing

Answer 31

20%

Question 32

Augmentation principle

Answer 32

their beliefs are perceived as 'stronger than those obstacles' and therefore appear more valid influencing more people

Question 33

Snowball effect

Answer 33

Small actions influence beliefs to change and influence more people over time resulting in huge change

Question 34

Dispositional explanations for obedience

Answer 34

Adorno Those with harsh upbringing more likely to develop authoritarian personality and see people perceived as high then them obey

Question 35

Legitimacy as authority as an explanation for obedience

Answer 35

Bickman study of decreased legitimacy by visible symbols of authority Uniform 20% Rundown building 47.5%

Question 36

What is legitimacy of authority as an explanation for obedience

Answer 36

When a person recognises their own and other peoples positions in a social hierarchy

Question 37

Strength of asch

Answer 37

Lab setting Meaning u can isolate and control variables Increases accuracy

Question 38

Weakness of asch

Answer 38

Deception and lack of information told it was a study into perception Questions ethical issues such as psychological harm

Question 39

Zimbardos strength

Answer 39

Uni had high control over variables and over selection of ps to find individual differences High accuracy

Question 40

Weakness of zimbardo

Answer 40

Lacks realism as police guard based his behaviour on tv show cool hand Luke Tells us little about conformity to social roles

Question 41

Strength of Milgrams

Answer 41

Debriefed ps No psychological harm 84% we’re glad to have taken part

Question 42

Weakness of Milgrams

Answer 42

Low ecological validity Artificial behaviour as it was in a lab

Question 43

Strength of locus of control

Answer 43

Is a support link to LOC and obedience. Repeated Milgrams study 37% internal locus refused 23% external locus refused Shows internal locus can explain resistance to obedience

Question 44

A weakness of loc

Answer 44

Roles of loc in resisting social influence may have been exaggerated as it has little influence on behaviour and goes against the theory