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Groups
Status & Power
Do what I say
Conformity
Role expectations
100
What are the 3 characteristics of a group?
1. Interaction 2. common purpose 3. two or more people
100
A type of power when an individual has resources or information that is useful and is not available elsewhere.
Informational power
100
When we follow the commands of someone with authority, or the rules or laws of our society.
Obedience
100
Define Conformity.
The tendency to adjust the way you think or behave to be in agreement with those of a particular individual or group.
100
Name the experimenter and the common name of his famous experiment that took place in a fake prison.
Zimbardo and the Standford prison experiment.
200
A group made up of people who have similar interess, do hte same sorts of things and often associate or interact with one another.
Peer group
200
A type of power individuals identify with or want to be like or liked by this person
Referent power
200
Who was the experimenter who did the obedience experiment?
Stanley Milgram
200
Who did the Conformity experiments?
Solomon Asch
200
What were the two roles participants in the experiment could have been allocated?
prisoner or prison guard
300
A peer group to which most adolescents belong.
Clique
300
The importance of an individual's position in a group as perceived by members of the group.
Status
300
How does social proximity influence obedience?
The physical or emotional closeness of individuals can impact on whether someone will obey a command to do someone harm. Generally, the closer in distance or relationship, the less likelihood of obedience.
300
What do studies on conformity show about the effect of the size of a group?
Conformity increased with group size. Beyond 4 people in a group, conformity did not increase dramatically.
300
How many days did the experiment run for?
6
400
The tendency to make less effort when involved in a group than when working alone.
Social loafing
400
Type of power where an employer has the power to give a pay rise or promotion.
Reward power
400
The factor which can affect obedience: when there is little to no support from the group in resisting the authority figure.
Group pressure
400
What effect does unanimity have on conformity?
If there is unanimous or complete agreement in a group, individuals are more likely to conform. If there is an ally (someone to agree with you) then you are less likely to conform.
400
Why was the prison experiment stopped?
Causing psychological harm to participants
500
What do you call it when there is a gathering of people, engaging in the same activity, but do not interact with one another sufficiently to be called a 'group'?
An aggregate or collective.
500
The loss of social identity and behaviour which is not normal due to feeling anonymous when in a group.
Deindividuation
500
When an authority figure is perceived as being legitimate and having power, this factor may impact on obedience.
Legitimacy of authority figure
500
When an individual is more likely to conform to the views of group members when they want to provide a correct response but they are not sure what the correct response is... it is called the ______ influence.
Informational influence
500
How many participants were there in the prison experiment?
24