Review: Social Influences (chapter 3)

A widely accepted way to act, think or behave

• Conformity

• Social Norm

• Normative Social Influence

• Cultural Dimension

Acting in a way that is consistent with social norms

• Conformity

• Social Norm

• Normative Social influence

• Cultural Dimension

When our behavior changes because we're afraid of how the group will react

• Conformity

• Social Norm

• Normative Social Influence

• Cultural Dimension

When I change my behavior because I believe the rest of the group is legitimately correct and I am wrong

• Normative Social Influence

• Informational Social Influence

• Conformity

• Enculturation

This theory states that conflict arises when there is competition over resources

• Scarcity Theory

• Realistic Conflict Theory

• Resource Conflict Theory

• Social Identity Theory

Gordon Allport came up with this idea to describe how intergroup conflict might be reduced

• Positive Interdependence

• Mutual Benefit

• Contact Hypothesis

• Cooperative Learning

A goal that requires cooperation of two (or more) groups in order to achieve

• Negative Interdependence

• Positive Interdependence

• Functional Goal

• Superordinate Goal

Which theory postulates that conflict between groups may arise due to identification with an in-group and categorizing others as an out-group

• Social Cognitive Theory

• Realistic Group Conflict Theory

• Social Identity Theory

The processing of information in a way that connects the information to existing schema

• Generalizations

• Stereotypes

• Schematic Processing

• Rationalization

This experimenter was interested in researching how far people would go in obeying an instruction if it involved harming another person. 

• Loftus

• Asch

• Zimbardo

• Milgram