7A - Social groups & culture
7B - Obedience & Conformity
7C - Media & Behaviour
7D - Empowering Individual Decision Making
100

What are group norms?

a standard, value, or rule that outlines an appropriate behaviour or experience.

100

What are three factors that can increase obedience?

-Status of an authority figure

-Proximity

-Group Pressure


100
What is social comparison?

A proposal that humans measure their self-worth in relation to the people around them, playing a significant role in mental wellbeing.

100

What does the process of self-determination involve?

engaging in behaviours without the influence of other people as an external force. 

200

What two factors increase social loafing?

- The ease of the task. 

- Meaningfulness of the task.

200

What four factors affect conformity?

  • Social norms

  • Groupthink

  • Group shift

  • Deindividualisation

200

What is the technological determinisim theory?

Technological determinism theory proposes that technology unavoidably determines cultural and social change.

200

According to the self-determination theory, what three basic psychological needs have to be fullfulled to achieve independence?

autonomy, competence, and relatedness

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