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Compliance Type of conformity |
Public behaviours/opinions change around group but not internally accepted |
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Identification Type of conformity |
Public and private behaviours/opinions change but only while a member of the group |
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Internalisation Type of conformity |
True change of public and private behaviours/opinions even after leaving the group |
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Normative social influence Explanation for conformity |
Humans have a need to be liked/accepted so we conform to the majority in order to be accepted by others |
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Informational social influence Explanation for conformity |
Humans have a desire to be right so we look to others for guidance as we believe they have more knowledge than we do so we conform in order to behave in the correct way. |
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Agentic state (agency theory) Explanation for obedience |
People can be in two social states: - autonomous individuals who are responsible for their actions - in an agentic state where people see themselves as agents of others and not responsible for their acions |
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Legitimacy of authority Explanation for obedience |
We learn from an early age that social hierarchy should be obeyed and so we will do what an authoritarian figure tells us to do |
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Situational variables (3) Explanation for obedience |
The effects of the environment on obedience: - Proximity, how aware individuals are of the consequences of their actions - Location, areas that add to the perceived legitimacy of a figure will make individuals more obedient - Uniform, legitimacy of authority seems higher if the figure is in uniform |
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Authoritarian personality Explanation for obedience |
A dispositional explanation for obedience which uses the F-scale to show how submissive individuals are to authority |
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Social support Explanation for resistance to social influence |
The perception that an individual has assistance and solidarity from other people |
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Locus of control Explanation for resistance to social influence |
A person's perception of how much control they have over their own life. High internal LoC means individuals believe they have control over their lives and high external LoC means they believe they have less control over their lives |
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Snowball effect Minority influence |
Where the influence of the minority begins to gather momentum and builds up support faster and faster |
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Reciprocity Caregiver-infant interactions |
Infant and caregiver are both activly contributing to the interaction and are responding to each other |
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Interactional synchrony Caregiver-infant interactions |
The infant and caregiver's behaviours and emotions are synchronised |