Social Theories Flashcards
(14 cards)
What are the 4 stages of agency theory
Autonomous state
Moral strain
Agentic shift
Agentic state
What is autonomous state
Acting within your own morals
What is moral strain
Being asked to do something by an authority figure which is against your morals causing anxiety
What is Agentic shift
Doing what is asked of you to relieve yourself of anxiety and placing the blame on the authority figure which
What is the Agentic state
Doing what is asked of you against your morals
What are the stages of social identity theory
Social categorisation
Social identification
Social comparison
What is social categorisation
Seeing yourself as part of the group
What is social identification
Seeing people as part of your in group and adopting there norms and classing everyone else as the out group
What are the 2 parts of social comparison
In group favouritism
Out group denigration
What is in group favouritism
Seeing the in group positively
What is out group denigration
Seeing the out group negatively
What are the 3 factors of social impact theory
Strength
Immediacy
Number
What is the divisional effect
Obedience increases at a decreasing rate with the addition of a new factor
What is the multiplicative effect
The more factors you have the more obedience increases
