Social Influence revision

What does conformity in social influence mean?

• Changing behaviour or opinion to the group

• Working less hard in a group than when alone

• Following the orders of an authority figure

• Acting in a way that benefits other people

Which study is famous for investigating conformity?

• Milgram's Obedience Study

• Piliavin's Subway Study

• Asch's Study of Conformity

• Adorno's Theory of the Authoritarian Personality

What is informational social influence?

• The effect of group size on conformity

• Having a desire to be right and looking to others

• The desire to be liked by others

• How expertise affects conformity

What does Milgram's Agency Theory suggest?

• People are more likely to obey when they enter an 'agentic state'

• People conform to avoid feeling isolated

• Cultural factors do not affect obedience

• Authority figures have no impact on obedience

How does group size affect conformity?

• Only affects conformity in collectivist cultures

• Decreases the likelihood of conformity

• Increases the likelihood of conformity when the group is three or more

• No effect on conformity

What is prosocial behavior?

• Ignoring the needs of others

• Following orders without question

• Acting in a way that benefits other people

• Behavior that benefits oneself

What factor increases the likelihood of bystander intervention?

• The situation being non-urgent

• The presence of many people

• The victim being dissimilar to the bystander

• The bystander having expertise to help

What is social loafing?

• The tendency to put less effort into a task when in a group than alone

• The influence of social factors on memory

• The process of losing one's sense of individuality in a crowd

• The tendency to work harder in a group

What does deindividuation refer to?

• The influence of authority on obedience

• The process of making individual decisions

• Losing a sense of individuality in a crowd

• The desire to be accepted by a group

How does culture affect obedience?

• Collectivist cultures may show higher obedience levels

• Individualistic cultures show higher obedience levels

• Collectivist cultures show lower obedience levels

• No impact on obedience levels