Social Psychology - Groups

Question 1

In our life we have this feeling that something should be this way, even though there isn’t any law saying it. This is.

Answer 1

Normative influence.
The unwritten rules of our life.

Question 2

What is informational influence

Answer 2

When our behavior is shaped by randomly others individuals.
Looking at sky experiment

Question 3

What is conformity

Answer 3

Tendency to go along with others behavior or decision, simply because they are doing it

Question 4

What are the two main experiments related to obedience?

Answer 4

Shock experiment and the Stanford experiment

Question 5

What is the two types of persuasion

Answer 5

Systematics - Use logic/information
- more efficient in important information at that moment

Heuristic - Use emotions, tradition, habits
- more efficient in less important informational at that moment

Question 6

There is 3 effects closely related to the power of fake news

Answer 6

Perseverance effect
- we tend to believe in something people told us, even tough after they revealed that it was false

Unbelieving effect
- We believe first and judge it later

Sleeper effect
- We forget the source of information, but not the information itself

Question 7

What is cognitive dissonance

Answer 7

The unpleasant feeling that you are inconsistent with your actions