You Are Expected To
Driving on the right side of the road is this type of social norm.
What is a law?
Landon goes to chapel on Tuesday but watches church online on Sundays. When the pastor asks the congregation to bow their heads and close their eyes during prayer, Landon does so only in chapel. His conformity is due to this.
What is public response?
Joshua really wants to start next week's college football game. He tells his coach how much he admires him and how grateful he is for his mentorship, an example of this persuasion strategy.
What is liking?
It will be winter soon, and a service club on campus wants to do a coat drive for the homeless. Victoria thinks there are already enough coat drives and that the group should do a different activity. The rest of the club members seem excited about the coat drive, so Victoria doesn't express her opinion.
What is group think/self-censorship?
Jennifer, a recent art major graduate, is giving a presentation on a ceramic vase she created. Midway through her talk, Paul interrupts and goes into detail about how to properly fire a ceramic piece, an example of this.
What is mansplaining?
Oliver is playing at recess. He falls down, scraping his knee. Of the 2 recess assistants, Jack and Susan, Oliver chooses to tell Susan because he thinks she will show more care for him. This is an example of this gender norm.
What is an empathy?
Germany and Austria are independent countries that tolerate little deviation from social norms. They are this type of society.
What is tight?
Natalia was on the fence about purchasing a Stanley water bottle because she already has one. After hearing that the manufacturers would no longer be making the color she saw in store, she decided to purchase it, an example of this type of persuasion strategy.
What is scarcity?
The Asch study demonstrates these two types of influence on conformity.
What are normative and informational influence?
In Milgram's study of obedience, the participant was told that the purpose of the study was to examine the effect of receiving shocks on learning, which was not the real purpose of the study. This is an example of this type of research strategy.
What is deception?
Savannah hurried in order to be on time to meet her friend, Elena, for coffee. Elena arrived at the cafe 30 minutes later because she was having a conversation with her mother. This is an example of this cultural norm.
What is punctuality?
Robert is meeting his boyfriend's family for the first time at a popular brunch spot. His family insists that he order the gravy waffles as they are to die for. Even though Robert hates gravy, he orders them because he wants the family to like him. This is an example of this type of conformity.
What is compliance?
Jared is trying to convince his friend to buy tickets to see the latest MCU film. Jared reminded his friend that they've watched 5 other MCU movies together. He texted him a trailer for the film, and the following day he texted positive reviews from rottentomatoes.com, using this type of persuasion strategy.
What is consistency?
Amelia finds that no matter how hard she trains during practice for the 100 meter dash, she always runs faster when there's a crowd versus when she's alone, an example of this type of group influence.
What is social facilitation?
Harry's parents told him to go to bed early because he had an important test the next day. Harry resented having his autonomy threatened, so instead he listened to music in his room until 2 AM.
What is reactance?
Tanya burned her casserole and had to call the fire department. She was confused when a woman fire fighter showed up, which is an example of this gender norm.
What is a vocation?
Santiago's friend, Camila, is running for mayor. To help support her, Santiago has been reposting her campaigns on social media. While talking to other friends, Santiago realizes that Camila wouldn't be a good fit for mayor. Even though Santiago came to this realization, he still decides to support Camila, demonstrating this predictor of conformity.
What is prior commitment?
The Girl Scouts are trying to boost their sales and are now offering a free sample of any type of cookie without a purchase, an example of this type of persuasion strategy.
What is reciprocity?
The board of trustees needs to make a decision whom to appoint as the next CEO. They designate Stan, a longtime member of the board, to challenge recommendations with opposing opinions, an example of this strategy.
What is devil's advocate?
Elsa has been hearing about the dangers of climate change, so she starts attending meetings hosted by a local environmental group. After a few months she is even more concerned and believes that drastic measures need to be taken to save the earth.
What is group polarization?
Mark, a local mechanic, overcharged Anne Marie, an elderly woman, for an oil change. Word got out around town and Mark had only 2 customers the following day, demonstrating this reaction to violating a social norm.
What is a sanction?
Rue's friend group decided to dress up as cats for Halloween, but Rue thought the idea was too basic. Instead, she dressed up as the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, demonstrating this form of non-conformity.
What is need for uniqueness?
Alicia is a food critic for the Inlander. Whenever she reviews a local restaurant they get very busy, making getting a table nearly impossible on the weekend. This is an example of this type of persuasion strategy.
What is authority?
Joan, a high school student, is lobbying the school to require school uniforms. In order to get students on board with this very unpopular request, she shows them data on how dress codes improve student learning and test scores.
What is minority influence/informational influence?
Joe sees depictions of men as abusive and emotionless. Over time he becomes more violent, objectifies women, and explodes in anger whenever he is upset.
What is toxic masculinity/the manosphere?