Glossary

• Conformity - Types + Explanations

  Conformity - change in belief/behaviour to fit in w/ group, response to group pressure.
• Conformity - Types + Explanations

  Compliance - ‘going along’ publicly, not changing views/opinions privately.
• Conformity - Types + Explanations

  Identification - publicly changing to become part of valued group.
• Conformity - Types + Explanations

  Internalisation - genuinely agreeing w/ group norms, make real change (persist in absence).
• Conformity - Types + Explanations

  Informational Social Influecne (ISI) - cognitive process regarding who has better info, individual or group.
• Conformity - Types + Explanations

  Normative Social Influence (NSI) - emotional process regarding what’s normal behaviour for social group.
• Conformity - Asch’s Line Exp

  ‘Asch Effect’ - conformity in unambiguous situations.
• Conformity - Asch’s Line Exp


  Group Size - Asch increased this to see effect on conformity.
• Conformity - Asch’s Line Exp

  Unanimity - extent to which all members agree; non-conformer added to see effect on conformity.
• Conformity - Asch’s Line Exp

  Task Difficulty - made line judging more difficult to see effect on conformity.
• Conformity to Social Roles - Zimbardo’s Study

  Social Role - ‘parts’ people play as members of social group + expectations involved.
• Conformity to Social Roles - Zimbardo’s Study

  De-individuation - loss of personal identity.
• Obedience - Milgram’s Research

  Obedience - social influence in which individual follows orders from authority figure.
• Obedience - Situational Variables

  Situational Variables - physical/social environment which influences behaviour.
• Obedience - Situational Variables

  Proximity - physical closeness/distance of authority figure.
• Obedience - Situational Variables

  Location - place where order is given; factor influencing obedience is status associated w/ location.
• Obedience - Situational Variables

  Uniform - specific outfits, symbolic to authority role; entitled to obedience.
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Agentic State - allowing someone to direct behaviour, passing responsibility to them.
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Autonomous State - directing own behaviour, taking responsibility for consequences.
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Agentic Shift - moving from autonomous state to agentic (when confronted by authority figure).
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Binding Factors - aspects allow individual to minimise effects of behaviour.
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Legitimacy of Authority - more likely to obey those perceived to have authority; justified by position of power (social hierarchy).
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Legitimacy of System - extent to which ‘body’ is legitimate source of authority.
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Legitimacy of Authority within System - power individual holds to give order bc of position in system.
• Obedience - Situational Explanations

  Legitimacy of Demands or Orders Given - extent to which order’s perceived to be legitimate area for authority figure.
• Obedience - Dispositional Factors

  Dispositional Factors - behaviour caused by internal characteristics (i.e. personality).
• Obedience - Dispositional Factors

  ‘F-Scale’ - measures relationship between personality type + prejudice beliefs.
• Obedience - Dispositional Factors

  Authoritarian Personality - type of personality that’s more likely to obey authority.
• Resistance to Social Influence

  Resistance to Social Influence - ability to withstand social pressure to conform to majority or obey authority; influenced by situational + dispositional factors.
• Resistance to Social Influence

  Locus of Control - person’s perception of personal control over own behaviour.
• Resistance to Social Influence

  High Internal (LoC) - believes life’s determined by own decisions/efforts.
• Resistance to Social Influence

  High External (LoC) - believes life’s determined by fate/luck (external factors).
• Minority Influence

  Minority Influence - possibility of reversing direction of social influence (minority influence majority).
• Minority Influence

  Consistency - keeping same beliefs over time + between each member of minority group.
• Minority Influence

  Synchronic Consistency - all minority saying same thing.
• Minority Influence

  Diachronic Consistency - saying same thing for long time.
• Minority Influence

  Commitment - dedication to their position.
• Minority Influence

  Flexibility - accepting compromise.
• Social Influence and Social Change

  Social Change - occurs when societies adopt new attitudes/beliefs, becomes ‘the norm’.
• Social Influence and Social Change

  Drawing Attention - attention to issue through social proof.