Unit : Social Influence Flashcards
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Obidience
Following orders of an authority figure
Seen to maintain social order and enforce rules
Authority figure
Someone with more power and control than themself
Conformity
Matching behaviour of others to fit in/know how to behave
Situational and personality factors affect the likeliness that a person will conform or not
3 types: Compliance, Internationalisation, and Identification
Compliance
Type of conformity
Least dangerous form of conformity
Going along with the majority when you don’t agree because of the need to fit in
Internationalisation
Type of conformity
Deepest form of conformity
Going with the majority because you don’t know how to act in a situation and eventually adopt the beliefs of the group
Identification
Type of conformity
Temporarily adopting behaviours of a role model or group
Deindividualisation
Process of losing your identity when blending into a group and losing responsibility (doing wrong things and feeling not responsible if everyone is doing it)
Bystander effect
When you fail to help another in need because of deindividualisation and believing others will help instead
Normative social influence
Compliance because of the need to fit into a group
Informational social influence
Conformity because you don’t know how to act
Bystander intervention
Willingness to help out/take action in an emergency situation
Situational factors (in relation to bystander effect)
Features of a situation that influence whether of not we intervene in an emergency
4 factors: Diffusion of responsibility, Noticing the event, Pluralistic ignorance, and Cost of helping
Diffusion of responsibility
Situational factor of bystander effect
When we believe other will help so we don’t have to
The bigger the crowd, the less responsibility we feel we have
More inclined in smaller crowds
Noticing the event
Situational factor of bystander effect
By keeping to yourself and less on what is happening around and missing completely the emergency events
Pluralistic Ignorance
Situational factor of bystander effect
When we interpret the situation according to others reactions
If there is a large group of people and are all not helping, we think it isn’t an emergency
Cost of helping
Situational factor of bystander effect
If the situation is too high cost and risks harm/time for ourselves we choose not to help
Personal Factors (in relation to bystander effect)
Features pf an individual that influence how likely they are to intervene in an emergency
Examples: Competence, Mood, Similarity
Competence
Personal Factor of bystander effect
Help if you feel skilled enough, and help indirectly (calling help) if you aren’t skilled enough
Mood
Personal Factor of bystander effect
More likely to help if you are in a good mood and you are paying attention to others instead of yourself
Similarity
Personal Factor of bystander effect
If you feel similar to the person in need or the situation, more likely to help out
Piliavin et al. Study procedure
Model passander male would either sit still or offer help after a period of time to the victim actor who would collapse on the train (difference situations of sex, race, clothes). The female observes would sit on the train and observe the surround people’s reactions and who/how many people would help.
Piliavin et al. Study conclusion
More likely to help ill than drunk
Men more likely to help
Same race helped when drunk
Larger group help more than individuals
Didn’t find diffusion of responsibility (number of people around didn’t affect)
Piliavin et al. Study results
Without the model male helping, people helped out the victim carrying a cane way more than a drunk victim. Men were more likely to help the victim. People were more likely to help their own race.
Situational factors (affecting conformity)
Size of majority (the more people that act a certain way)
Unanimity of majority (if more people agree, you will too)
Task difficulty (look at others for answers)
