Unit 14: Social Psychology (Section 2 - Social Influence)

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conformity

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adjusting one's behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard

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normative social influence

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influence resulting from a person's desire to gain approval or avoid disapproval

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informational social influence

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influence resulting from one's willingness to accept others' opinions abuot reality

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Solomon Asch's Conformity conditions

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one is amde to feel incompetent; the group has at least three people; the group is unanimous; one admires the group's status; one has made no prior commitments; others in the group observe one's behavior; one's culture strongly encourages respect

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Stanley Milgrim's observations on obedience

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person giving order close; supported by institution; victim depersonalized; no role models for defiance

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social facilitation

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stronger responses on simple or well-learned tasks in the presence of others

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social loafing

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the tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

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deindividuation

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the loss of self-awareness and self-restraint occurring in group situations that foster arousal and anonymity

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group polarization

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the enhancement of a group's prevailing inclinations

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groupthink

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the mode of thinking that occurs when the desire for harmony in a decision-making group overrides a realistic appraisal of alternatives

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culture

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the enduring behaviors, ideas, attitudes, values, and traditions shared by a group of people and transmitted from one generation to the next

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norm

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an understood rule for accepted and expected bheavior

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personal space

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the buffer zone we like to maintain around our bodies