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At Friendsgiving dinner, Jim serves prime rib instead of turkey. His friends are surprised because he is violating this type of social norm.
What is a folkway?
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?
Owen really wants to be a starter at 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. Camila thinks there are already enough coat drives and that the group should do something else. The rest of the club seems excited about the coat drive, so Camila 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 presentation, Paul interrupts and goes into detail about how to properly fire a ceramic piece, an example of this.
What is mansplaining?
Richard is playing at recess. He falls down, scraping his knee. Of the 2 recess assistants, William and Sarah, Richard chooses to tell Sarah because he thinks she will show more him more care. This is an example of this gender norm.
What is an empathy?
Naomi loves to travel. When visiting New Zealand, she jaywalks and only receives a warning from the constable. Later, while visiting Austria, she jaywalks and is penalized with a fine. This demonstrates that New Zealand is a ______ society and Austria is a ______ society.
What are loose and 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 how receiving shocks affects learning. This was not the real purpose; thus it was an example of this type of research strategy.
What is deception?
Savannah hurried in order to be on time to meet her friend, Valentina, for coffee. Valentina was 30 minutes late to the café 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 insist that the gravy waffles 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 movie. Jared tells him that the movie is very popular and that everyone he has talked to is going. He is using this type of persuasion strategy.
What is consensus?
Susan 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, Elena, 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 Elena wouldn't be a good fit for mayor. Even though Santiago came to this realization, he still decides to support Elena due to this negative 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?
A local business wants to avoid groupthink when making financial decisions. They appoint Stan, a longtime employee, to question recommendations with opposing opinions, and 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?
Sandra, a restaurant critic, gives advice about the best places to eat in Spokane. Whenever she highlights a particular restaurant it becomes very popular, making getting a reservation almost impossible. Sandra is using this 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?
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?