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Social influence Flashcards

1
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what is conformity

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Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behaviour in order to fit in with a group.
This change is in response to real (involving the physical presence of others) or imagined (involving the pressure of social norms/expectations) group pressure.

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what are the 3 types of conformity identified by Kelman

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1) Internalisation
2) Identification
3) Compliance

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3
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Internalisation

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Here a person changes their public behaviour and their private beliefs

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4
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Is internalisation a long-term change or a short-term change

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long-term change

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5
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Give an example of a study for internalisation

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Jenness study

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Identification

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Here a person changes their public behaviour and their private beliefs, but only in the presence of the group

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Is identification a long-term change or a short-term change

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short-term change

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8
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Give an example of a study for identification

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Zimbardo’s prison study

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Compliance

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Here a person changes their public behaviour but not their private beliefs

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10
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Is compliance a long-term change or a short-term change

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short-term change

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11
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Give an example of a study for compliance

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Asch’s line study

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12
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What does internalisation result in

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Informational social influence

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13
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What does identification result in

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Normative social influence

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14
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What does compliance result in

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Normative social influence

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15
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what are the explanations for conformity

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1) Informational social influence

2) Normative social influence

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16
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Informational social influence

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Informational social influence is where a person conforms to gain knowledge or because they believe someone else is ‘right’

17
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Give an example of a study for informational social influence

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Jenness study

18
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Normative social influence

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Normative social influence is where a person conforms to be accepted and to feel that they belong to the group

19
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Give an example of a study for normative social influence

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Asch’s line study

20
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What was the aim of Aschs (1951) study

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Asch conducted an experiment to investigate the extent to which social pressure from the majority (confederates) could affect the participants to conform

21
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How many participants did Asch recruit

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123

22
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Who were Asch’s participants

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American male students

23
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what did the participants do in Asch’s experiment

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looked at 3 lines of different lengths and in turn called out which line matched the standard line, with the real participant always answering second to last

24
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How many confederates where there in Asch’s experiment

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6-8

25
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How many trials did each participant complete

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18

26
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On how many trials did the confederates gave the wrong answers

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12 critical trials

27
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How many times did the naïve participants gave a wrong answer

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36.8%

28
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What is the Asch effect

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The extent to which people conform even in unambiguous situations

29
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How many participants never gave a wrong answer

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25%

30
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How many participants conformed at least once

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75%

31
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Why did Asch conduct a control condition

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To confirm that the stimulus lines were unambiguous

32
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How many times did the participants make a mistake in the control condition

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1%

33
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What did most of Asch’s participants say

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Most participants said they conformed to avoid rejection (NSI) and continued to privately trust their own opinions (compliance, going along with others publicly, but not privately)

34
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What was the aim of Asch’s (1955) variables affecting conformity research

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Asch carried out a number of variations of his original study to find out which variables had the most significant affect on the level of conformity shown by participants

35
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According to Asch what were the variables affecting conformity

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1) Group Size
2) Unanimity
3) Task Difficulty

36
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What was the level of conformity with 2 confederates

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13.6%

37
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What was the level of conformity with 3 confederates

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31.8%

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