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psychology
social influence
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A psychologist who investigated social roles | Zimbardo Stanford prison study |
| A psychologist who investigated obedience | Milgrams shock study |
| A psychologist who investigated conformity | Asch's Line study |
| situational variables | factors that Milgram investigated as he thought they affected obedience. including location, proximity and uniform |
| agentic state | a mental state where we feel no responsibility for our actions because we believe ourselves to be acting on behalf of an authority figure |
| legitimacy of authority | an explanation for obedience which states we are more likley to obey people who we perceive to have authority over us |
| Social Influence | the process by which groups change each others attitudes and behaviours, includes obedience, conformity and minority infuence |
| Social Change | Occurs when whole society's rather than just individuals adopt new attitudes, beliefs and ways of doing things |
| Minority influence | A form of social influence where a minority (sometimes even just one person) persuade others to adopt their beliefs attitudes and behaviours. |
| the minority keeps the same belief between themselves and over a long period of time. | Consistency |
| the minority demonstrates commitment to their cause and s may put themselves in danger | Commitment |
| Relentless commitment could out the majority of o the minority have to be willing to adapt | Flexibility |
| Resistance to social influence | refers to the ability of people to withstand the social pressure to conform to the majority or obey authrity |
| Refers to the sesnse we have about what affects events in our lives (internals and externals) | Locus Of Control |
| the presence of people who resist pressure to conform or obey authority can help others to do the same | Social support |
| a type of personality that Adorno argued was more susceptible to obeying people in authority | Authoritarian personality |
| A mental state where we feel no responsibility for our actions as we believe ourselves to be acting on behalf of an authority figure | Agentic state |
| A form of social influence in which the individual follows a direct order | Obedience |
| the parts people play as members of various social groups | social roles |
| a change in a persons behaviour as a result of real or imagined pressure from a group of people or person | Conformity |
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