Definitions
A shared standard of acceptable behavior by a group.
What is social norms?
A response to social influence brought about by an individual's desire to be like the influencer.
What is identification?
The name of our presentation
What is chapter 4 conformity?
Using line sizes and investigating the extent to which social pressure from a majority group could affect a person to conform.
What is the Solomon Asch experiment?
August 26th
What is the first day of school?
Changes in a person’s behavior as a result of real or imagined pressure from a person or a group of people.
What is conformity?
Describes the behavior of a person motivated by the desire for reward or to avoid punishment.
What is compliance?
Folkways, mores, taboos, and law.
What are the four types of social norms?
Describing things most people do in situations.
What is descriptive norms?
The most deeply rooted response to social influence; motivation to internalize a particular belief rooted in the desire to be right.
What is internalization?
Social behavior is learned by observing and imitating the behavior of others.
What is the social learning theory?
Describing what people should do, often conveyed through explicit directives.
What is injunctive norms?
The level with the least effect on an individual.
What is compliance?
Groups that we belong to and identify with.
What are reference groups?
People collectively believe in a false norm due to the ambiguous behavior of others.
What is pluralistic ignorance?
The level which is most permanent on an individual.
What is internalization?
Which factors decrease conformity?
Normative (to belong) and informative (to seek information)
What are motives for conformity?