Social influence

• What is meant my the term obedience? 


  complying to orders of an authority figure
• what is meant by an authority figure?

  An authority figure is someone with more power and control than another
• What is meant by Conformity?

  matching the behaviour and belief to others in order to fit in
• What are the Three types of conformity? 


  Compliance

  internalisation

  identification
• What is internalisation?


  Going along with the majority because we don’t know how to behave in a situation
• What is identification? 


  Temporarily adopting the behaviours of a role model or group
• What is compliance?

  Going along with the majority even though you privately do not agree
• what is deindividuation?


  loss of personal self awareness and responsibility as a result of being in a group
• What is the bystander effect?

  when We fail to help another in need
• Name the situational factors affecting the bystander intervention

  Diffusion of responsibility

  noticing the event

  pluralistic ignorance

  cost of Helping
• What is diffusion of responsibl? 


  when we believe others will help so we do not have to
• What is pluralistic ignorance? 


  When we interpret the situation according to others reactions
• Name some personality factors affecting bystander intervention

  mood

  competence

  similarity
• Which Person conducted a study including lines of different lengths?

  ashc
• What did ashc do? 


  •made confederates lie and pick the wrong line to test which participants would go with the majority when picking a line that’s they ‘think’ is the longest.

  
• Personality affecting conformity (name 3)

  locus of control

  internal locus of control

  external locus of control
• Locus of control? 


  the extent to which we believe we have control over our behavour/ life
• Internal locus of control?

  when we feel we have personal control over our own behaviour
• External locus of control?

  When we feel that factors external to us control our behaviour
• who conducted a study in 1963 involving an electric chair to do with obedience?

  Milgram.
• What is meant by blind obedience?

  when we comply with the orders of an authority figure without question
• Ant-semantic 


  Negative attitudes presume or discrimination towards Jews
• Explain milgrams experiment


  •confederate was strapped to a chair Getting ‘electric‘ shocks from the participant, these were not real but the participant did not know this

  •the participants were able to hear him in ‘pain’ but they were tested to see if they obeyed to an authority fugure even though they were hurting someone else
• Name the situational factors affecting obedience to an authority figure

  •proximity of the viictim

  •proximity of the authority figure

  •authority figure

  •personal responsibility
• personality factors affecting obedience

  momentum of compliance

  authoritarian personality
• What is momentum of compliance?

  When we start something we feel compelled to finish it
• Authoritarian personality? 


  a type of personality that is respectful of authority
• What is meant by pro social behaiour?

  behaviour that is seen as helpful and peaceful
• What is antisocial behaviour?

  behaviour that is unhelpful destructive and aggressive
• Name ways to prevent blind obedience to authority figures

  social support

  familiarity to the situation

  education

  distance
• What is meant by society?

  A group of people in a community
• What is meant by a social issue?

  a social problem or conflict that affects a community of people
• Cultural issues in psychology:

  Individualistic cultures

  collectivist cultures
• what is meant by an individualistic culture

  A culture emphasising independence
• Collectivist culture?


  a culture emphasising group membership