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Social influence (Explanations for obedience as investigated by Milgram…
Social influence
Explanations for obedience as investigated by Milgram
agentic state
legitimacy of authority
situational variables affecting obedience
proximity
location
uniform
Dispositional explanation for authority
the authoritarian personality
Types of Conformity
Internalisation
private opinion reflects public behaviour and new opinion becomes part of value system
identification
conformity to a social role through adopting beliefs and behaviours of a group which you belong to
changes if you leave the group
compliance
when public behaviour is different from private opinion
agreeing with the majority in order to avoid disapproval when majority opinion is different
Explanations for conformity
informational social influence
copy behaviour of group because they think it is correct
applies to new situations
Research
Jenness
ambiguous situation = how many jellybeans are there in a jar
procedure
pp had to initially estimate on their own
shared thoughts in group
group came up with estimate
pp estimated individually again
findings
second individual estimate moved more towards that of the group
therefore individual generally believed it = internalisation
women more likely to change second estimate than men
Abraham et al.
we are only influenced by the opinions of people we identify with
more likely to be influenced by friends
Evaluation
normative social influence
yielding to group pressure to be liked and accepted
linked with compliance
Research
variables affecting conformity as investigated by Asch
group sizes
unanimity
task difficulty
Minority influence
consistency
commitment
flexibility
Explanations of resistance to social influence
social support
locus of control
Conformity to social roles as investigated by Zimbardo
The Role of social influence in processes of social change