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16 Cards in this Set
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What is a Major Influence? |
Social pressure of many against one Maintain the status quo and resist change Passive compliance, without much thought |
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What is a minority influence? |
Social pressure of one against many Generate social conflict and challenge norms Gradual conversion and leads to original thinking |
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What is Conformity? |
Change in opinion, judgment, or behavior Due to the influence of other people |
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What was the Asch Line Judgment Studies? |
An experiment on visual discrimination The outlines average Conformity rates (about 1/3 of trails) |
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What are 5 Forms of Social Responses to Conformity? |
Compliance Independence Conversion Anticonformity Congruence |
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What is Compliance? |
Publicly agreeing with group But privately disagreeing Disagrees with group before |
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What is Independence? |
Disagree with group publicly and privately Disagrees with group before discussion |
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What is Conversion? |
Initially disagrees privately But then agrees with group publicly and privately |
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What is Anticonformity? |
Disagrees with group publicly But agrees or is neutral privately |
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What is Congruence? |
Agrees with group publicly and privately |
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What is Unanimity? |
We are most likely to conform when the group is unanimous Even having one Ally will decrease our conformity |
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What is Social Impact Theory? |
3 factors predict the likelihood of conforming to social influence
Strength: importance of the group
Immediacy: closeness of the group in space and time during the influence attempt
Number: number of people in the group |
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How does Group Size affect Conformity? |
Conformity reaches full strength with 3-4 person majority |
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What are personality traits related to conformity? |
Authoritarian High self monitors Introverts High agreeableness Low self-confidence |
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What are the gender differences in conformity? |
Women use conformity to increase Harmony (face-to-face groups) Men use nonconformity to convey Independence |
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What is the cultural difference in conformity? |
Conformity is higher in collectivist cultures Than in individualistic cultures |
