SOCIAL INFLUENCES: The basics

Question 1

Define: social influence

Answer 1

the effects of the presence or actions of one or more others, either real or imagined, on the way in which an individual thinks, feels or behaves

Question 2

What 3 things do social influences come from?

Answer 2

Person, group, institution

Question 3

Social influences involve ______ to _______ pressure on someone to change their thoughts, feelings and behaviours
The impact may be _______, ________ or neutral

Answer 3

slight to intense

constructive, destructive or neutral

Question 4

Can social influences be resisted?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

Define: group

Answer 5

Any collection of two or more people who interact with (for longer than a few moments) and influence one another, and who share a common purpose

Question 6

Define: collective

Answer 6

a gathering of two or more people who have minimal direct interaction

Question 7

Difference between a group and a collective?

Answer 7

Group interacts with each other for longer than a few moments whereas the collective does not
They may or may not influence each other