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Conformity

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Following the majority.

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Obedience

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Following a direct order from a person / group of authority.

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Minority influence

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A minority group persuading the majority.

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Independent behaviour

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An individual going against the majority.

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Identification

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Person changes their views or behaviour public ally but it is not permanent and is done as they wish to be a part of the group.

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Compliance

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Person conforms publicly but not privately, this is not permanent and is done to just follow the crowd. Usually happens when In new situations and around new people.

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Internalisation

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Persons views have changed publicly and privately as they genuinely believe it is right. This is a permanent change.

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ISI

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Informational Social Influence -
A person conforms because they want to be right. They tend to rely on other people who they believe to know the answer or know the right thing. - This is a cognitive process.

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NSI

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Normative Social Influence -
When a person conforms because they want to be liked. They do not want to go against the majority and risk being rejected or appearing foolish. This is an emotional process.

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Agentic state

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A mental state where we feel no personal responsibility for our actions because we feel we are acting for an authoritative figure.

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Autonomous state

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A mental state where we feel free to act on our own principles, and take responsibility for our actions.

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Legitimate Authority

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When a person has justified authority due to their position of power within the social hierarchy.

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Destructive Authority

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When a person with legitimate authority uses their power to make people do cruel / dangerous things.

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A Buffer

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Something that reduces the impact of what you’re doing.

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A Binding Factor

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Something that prevents you from escaping the agentic state.

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Displacement

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The transfer of negative emotions from one person or thing to an unrelated person or thing. Eg. Shouting at your boyfriend after your boss shouts at you. Or eg. Slamming a door after and argument with your dad.

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The F Scale

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A set of questions designed to test a persons level of fascism.

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An Authoritarian Personality

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A personality type which involves a conventional view of morality, and a disposition to obey authority.

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Internal Locus Of Control

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A person who believe that the things that happen to them are a result of their own actions, and have little to do with luck or fate. This person is more likely to resist conformity.

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External Locus Of Control

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A person who believes that the things that happen to them are out of their control and are a result of fate or luck. This person is more likely to conform.

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Social Support

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A factor contributing to the resistance of social influence, when a non-conforming peer supports your view, this reduces blind obedience and stops you slipping into the agentic state.

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Consistency

Minority Influence

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Minority influence is most effective when the minority maintains the same view both overtime and amongst all their other members.

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Commitment

Minority Influence

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Minority influence is most effective when the minority demonstrates dedication to their views. Eg, by making personal sacrifices.

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Flexibility

Minority Influence

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Minority influence is most effective when the minority shows willingness to compromise and adapt.

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Social Cryptoamnesia

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When people forget the source of an idea after it becomes the majority belief.

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Drawing Attention

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When a minority group draws attention to themselves and their beliefs through their actions.

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The Snowball Effect

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When the minority belief gathers support at an increasing rate until it becomes the majority belief.

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Tipping Point

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The point at which the minority view becomes majority view.

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Gradual Commitment

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Getting someone to obey small instructions, which then makes it harder for them to resist more significant instructions.

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Social Change

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When a whole society adopt a new attitude belief or behaviour.

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Minority influence in real life -

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The suffragettes
The legislation of gay marriage
The smoking ban
Civil rights

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Unanimity

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The extent to which the members of the group agree.

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Disposition also Explanation

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An explanation of behaviour which takes into the account the importance of an individual personality.

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Locus Of Control

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The sense we each have about what directs events in our lives.

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Social Roles

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The ‘parts’ people play as members of society, accompanied by associated behaviours.

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Situational Variables

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Factors identified by Milgram, which influence obedience including proximity, location and uniform.

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Social influence

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The process by which individuals or groups he age each other’s attitudes and behaviour including obedience, conformity and minority influence.

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Social psychological factors effecting obedience

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Agentic shift and legitimacy of authority.

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