AP PSYCH (MYERS UPDATED) UNIT 9 - Social Psychology [MODULE 75]

The enormous social influence stems in part from social ____ for expected and accepted behavior. As well as being prescribed as “proper” behavior.

Norms

Yawn mimicry is an example of this social contagion known as the __________ _______. This can affect our emotional tones, expressions, postures, not just behavior.

Chameleon Effect

This term refers to the natural mimicry that allows us to empathize for others and allows us to feel what others are feeling in a happy or sometimes sad situation.

Mood Contagion

The phenomenon where people follow the behavior of others in order to feel a sense of belonging in a situation, creating more positive behavior and actions based on the original positive behavior.

Positive Herding

This term refers to behavior that is adjusted or mimicking others in order to coincide with the group standard.

Conformity

This researcher devised a study with college students where students would have to choose which comparison line was most similar to the standard line. This study tested college student’s submission to social pressure over evidence.

Solomon Asch

When we conform to avoid rejection or to gain social approval, we are responding to ____________________________

Normative Social Influences

The influence resulting from one’s willingness to accept other’s believes and opinions in reality such as from reading online movies and restaurant reviews we are responding to ___________________________________

Informational Social Influence

This psychologist created the infamous and controversial experiment where the participant is testing a subject and compelled to punish the subject with an electric shock in increasing intervals in order to test the participant’s sense of obedience vs social pressure.

Stanley Milgram

How many individuals complied up to the final level of voltage in Milgram’s experiment?

60%

These factors display the highest of ____________.

1) The person giving orders was close and perceived to be a legitimate figure.
2) The figure was supported by a powerful or prestigious institution.
3) The individual is distanced from the victim of torture.
4) No other role models defying orders.

Obedience

True or False. Strong social influences induce many people to conform to falsehoods or capitulate to cruelty.

True

The power of one or two individuals to sway majorities is known as ___________________.

Minority Influence

Jon does what his friends are doing and throws eggs at houses on Halloween, even though he knows that he should not. Jon’s egg throwing is most likely due to…

Social contagion.

In Milgram’s study, obedience to authority was highest when

the authority figure was from a prestigious institution

Social contagion, our tendency to unconsciously imitate other’s behaviors, expressions, and etc, is also known as what effect?

Chameleon Effect