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Social Psychology |
•Real,imagined, or the symbolic presence of other people •Activitiesand interactions among people•Settingsin which behavior occurs •Expectationsand social norms governing behavior in a given setting |
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Situationism |
•theexternal environment, or the behavioral context, can have both subtle andforceful effects on people’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors |
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Dispositionism |
•Tendencyto attribute behavior to internal factors such as genes, personality traits,and character qualities |
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SocialRole |
•Sociallydefined pattern of behavior that is expected of persons in a given setting orgroup |
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SocialNorms |
•Agroup’sexpectations regarding what is appropriate and acceptable for its members’attitudes and behavior |
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Conformity: The Asch Studies. What would you say if you were in aroom full of people who all picked line number three? |
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Group Characteristics: That Impact Conformity |
•When the group majority is unanimous •The size of the group •When the judgment task is difficultor ambiguous•When group members are seen ascompetent•When responses are given publicly |
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Groupthink |
In “groupthink,”members of the group attempt to conform their opinions to what each believes tobe the consensus of the group. |
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Conditions Likely to PromoteGroupthink |
•Directive leadership•High group cohesiveness•Lack of norms requiring methodicalprocedures•Homogeneity of members’social background and ideology•High stress from external threatswith low hope of a better solution than that of the group leader |
