Who Did It?
Who conducted the Line Exeriement?
Solomon Asch
What does it mean when we say that Social Influence is sometimes "automatic"?
We imitate others without realizing it
Compliance is a change in behavior that is elicited by what?
Direct Requests
What are the 5 stages of helping?
Notice, Interpret, Taking Responsibility, Decide How to Help, Helping
The scientific study of how individuals think, feel and behave in a social context is known as what?
Social Psychology
The Autokinetic experiment, in which people compromised to form group norms by looking at a light on a wall was conducted by who?
Muzafer Sherif
Give three examples on how conformity may not be a good thing
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These two request strategies begin with a small request followed by a larger request.
Foot In The Door & Low-Balling
In which geographical areal are people less likely to help?
Urban
Of the three social influences we have discussed in class, which is the most powerful and results in the most people giving in?
Obedience
Who conducted the Stanford Prison Experiment?
Philip Zimbardo
This type of influence is when people conform because they want to make correct judgements, and assume when others agree on something they must be right
Informational Influence
These two request strategies begin with a large request followed by a smaller request
Door In The Face & That's Not All, Folks
The belief that others will or should intervene
Diffusion of Responsibility
When an influencer backs down from a large request to a smaller one, we view that move as a concession that we should match by our own compliance. What is the term for this?
Reciprocal Concessions
Stanley Milgram conducted two experiments that we studied. What are they?
NYC "Look Up" experiment and the Electric Shock Experiment
Informational Influence leads to which type of conformity?
Private Conformity
We treat others as they have treated us is known as what?
Norm of Reciprocity
This is when observers do not act in an emergency because they fear making a bad impression on other observers
Audience Inhibition
What is the term that explains that after a large request, the second request seems smaller?
Perceptual Contrast
Describe the Stanford Prison experiment in detail.
Answers will vary
This type of influence is when people conform because they fear the consequences of feeling deviant
Normative Influence
What is known as us having an image of ourselves and our actions should match that image?
Self-Perception Theory
This is when each individual believes that his/her own thoughts/feelings are different from other people even though everyone's behavior is the same. (each bystander thinks that other people are not acting because they know there isn't an emergency)
Pluralistic Inhibition
What is the difference between altruism and egoism?
Altruism: helping others for the well being of those people
Egoism: all behaviors are motivated by slef-interest