The Role Of Social Influence Processes In Social Change Flashcards
What are 2 examples of minorities causing social change?
The Civil Rights Movement and The Suffragettes
What were two of the things that the suffragettes did to show their commitment to their cause?
They chained themselves to parliament and one of them threw herself in front of a horse at the Epsom Derby
Who is a real life disobedient role model who caused social change?
Rosa Parks - she refused to give up her seat for a white person on a bus
What was Nolan et al’s study?
Displaying messages encourage people to use less energy
What did Nolan et al find?
The messages about using less energy were more effective when they suggested that other people were doing the same thing
What do Nolan et al’s findings support?
That normative social influence can be a factor in effecting social change
What’s a limitation about the theories of social change?
Social change rarely happens in real life, and if it does, it happens very slowly. If the explanations were true, it would happen a lot more frequently.
