Social influence-Key words

Question 1

Types of conformity

Answer 1

Compliance
Internalisation
Identification

Question 2

Explanations for conformity

Answer 2

Normative social influence

Informational social influence

Question 3

What does compliance mean?

Answer 3

Changes their public views, but not their private views

Short term

Question 4

What does identification mean?

Answer 4

Changes their public and private views but only when they are in the present of the group they are identifying with
Short term

Question 5

What does internalisation mean?

Answer 5

Changes both their public and private views, even when they aren’t in the presence of the group
Long term

Question 6

What does conformity mean?

Answer 6

When a person changes their attitude or behaviour due to real or imagined group pressure

Question 7

What is normative social influence?

Answer 7

The want/desire to fit in

Question 8

What is informational social influence?

Answer 8

The want/desire to be right

Question 9

What is unanimity?

Answer 9

Agreement by all involved

Question 10

What is population validity?

Answer 10

The extent to which the findings of a study can be generalised to other people

Question 11

What is ecological validity?

Answer 11

Would we find the same results outside of the original research setting

Question 12

What is mundane realism?

Answer 12

Does the study mirror what would happen in the real world

Question 13

What is historical validity?

Answer 13

Can the findings be applied to other time periods

Question 14

What are demand characteristics?

Answer 14

When the participant of an experiment aims to find the true meaning behind the research, subsequently changing their behaviour

Question 15

What variables influence conformity?

Answer 15

Group size
Unanimity
Task difficulty

Question 16

What is validity?

Answer 16

The tests ability to measure what it is suppose to measure

Question 17

What are the Ethical Guidelines that must be followed?

Answer 17

The right to withdraw 
Informed consent
Protection from physical or psychological harm
Confidentiality 
Privacy
Deception

Question 18

Situational factors that affect obedience

Answer 18

Proximity-How close your are to the person
Location-Where the study is held
The power of uniform

Question 19

What is the agentic state?

Answer 19

A person sees himself or herself as an agent for carrying out another person’s commands

Question 20

What is legitimate authority?

Answer 20

A person who is perceived to be in an position of social control within a situation

Question 21

What is an authoritarian personality?

Answer 21

A personality pattern characterised by strict following of conventional values and the belief in absolute obedience or submission to authority

Question 22

What is the Californian F scale?

Answer 22

Developed in 1947 as a measure of authoritarian traits or tendencies

Question 23

What is dispositional?

Answer 23

An individual’s own personal characteristics affects the way in which they act

Question 24

What is situational?

Answer 24

The environment in which you are in affects your actions

Question 25

What is social support?

Answer 25

The idea that a person has support from someone else in their presence who also agrees with their view

Question 26

What is a minority influence?

Answer 26

A form of social influence where members of the majority group change their beliefs or behaviours as a result of their exposure to persuasive minority

Question 27

What does it mean when a minority group shows commitment?

Answer 27

The degree to which members of a minority are dedicated to a particular cause or activity. The greater the perceived commitment the greater the influence

Question 28

What does it mean when a minority group shows consistency?

Answer 28

Showing that there is stability in the expressed position over time and agreement among different members of the minority

Question 29

What does it mean when the minority group shows flexibility?

Answer 29

A willingness to be flexible and to compromise when expressing a position

Question 30

What is social influence?

Answer 30

It examines how a person’s opinion, behaviour and emotions are affected by others.

Question 31

What is conformity to social roles?

Answer 31

Occurs when people behave in certain ways because they feel that is expected of them in that role.

Question 32

What is locus of control?

Answer 32

The extent to which people believe they have control over their lives.

Question 33

What is internal locus of control?

Answer 33

People with an internal locus of control believe that what happens in their life is largely down to their own behaviour and are less likely to resist pressure to conform or obey

Question 34

What is external locus of control?

Answer 34

Those with external locus of control believe that what happens to them is influenced by external factors and that they do not have complete control over their lives. More likely to follow orders and not resist pressure to conform

Question 35

What is social change?

Answer 35

It refers to the ways in which a society develops over time to replace beliefs, attitudes and behaviour with new norms and expectations.