psychology social influence

conformity

where we change our behaviour or beliefs in order to fit in with the group

obedience

people who are told and choose to follow ideas

what are the 2 types of conformity?

compliance

internalisation

compliance and what is it due to

going along with something to be accepted or to fit in stops when there is no more group pressure due to normative social influence

internalisation and what is it caused by?

going along with the group to fit in public and private conformity it completely changes view in public and in private. caused by informational social influence

which type of conformity changes public behaviour?

compliance

internalisation

which type of conformity changes behaviour in private ?

internalisation

does effects of compliance cause long term effects

no.

normative social influence

conforming to fit in and be accepted by others

innfomational social influence

conforming because you believe others are correct

what are variables that effect conformity in as his study?

group size

unanimity

difficulty of task

private answers

how much did conformity drop in aschs experiment whenconfedrates aid the right answer?

32%

how much was conformity after unanimity occurred in aschs experiment?

5.5%

if lines were harder to read in aschs experiment was there much conformity drop?

yes and no because of self confidence so it varies

what happened in conformity with private answers?

told participants arrived late and overheard confederate say the wrong answer but still wrote their own answer and conformity dropped by 2/3rds

androcentrism

focused on males and dominated by them

beta bias

types of research or theoretical bias that ignores minimises and downplays different groups e.g male and female