Psychology 4.3 (Social Situations, Conformity & Obedience)

Chameleon Effect

Take on a language, outfits or moods from people around you

Positive Herding

When people follow group actions for their own benefit

Conformity

Adjusting our behavior of thinking to match a groups standards/beliefs

Normative Social Influence

Influence over someone because they don’t want to be different or seen as different

Informational Social Influence

Influence through a person’s willingness to accept other people’s views on society

Obedience

Complying with an order or demand

Social Facilitation

Better performance in other people’s presence when others observe us, amplify reactions

Social Loafing

You put in less work in a group than individually

Deindividualization

Lack of self-awareness or self-restraint in a group situation

Group Polarization

You can’t be a free thinker if you’re in a group, Same beliefs from that group over time pull you farther from people on the opposite side

Irving Janis Way of Thinking

Thinking process that happens when the desire to be in a group overrides the decision-making process

Culture

Persistent behaviors, ideas, traditions shared by a group of people and passed from one generation to the next

Tight Culture

A place with clearly defined and constantly imposed rule/norms

Loose Culture

A place with flexible and informal rules/norms

Frustration-Aggressive Principle

Frustration creates anger that can lead to aggression

Proximity

Someone needs to be near someone to start attraction for them

Celebrity

Near us due to social media (Blurs proximity and causes parasocial relationships due to watching their life)

Mere-Exposure Effect

Repeated exposure to a stimulus that increases liking them

Kardashian Effect

Put themselves everywhere, gets more fans

First Impression Experiment Results

People who fear rejections often cause rejections, more options less smart decisions, generally women are pickier with interests, attractiveness unrelated to happiness

Less attractive → better at accepting praise M

More attractive > worry attention is due to their appearance

Slow Burn Love

Looks matter less, relationship based on beliefs and interests

Passionate Love

Interested state of intense happiness from another person, usually at the start of a relationship

Two-Factor Theory

Physical arousal and cognitive appraisal = emotion (Arousal leads to love and emotions)

Compassionate Love

Deep affectionate attachment we feel for people whose lives we are connected to

Equity

Condition where people receive what they give in proportion in a relationship

Self Disclosure

Act of revealing intimate parts of yourself to another person

Altruism

Unselfish concern for the wellbeing of others

Hero

Moral, courage, and protective of those in need

Bystander Intervention

Belief that someone else will enter or help a situation

Social Exchange Theory

Theory that human relationships are formed and maintained through cost-benefits analyses

Reciprocity Norm

Fundamental social rule where people feel obligated to return favors, gifts, or other positive actions

Exception: People help you who hurt you

Social Responsibility Norm

Help those who need your help

Conflict

Perceived incompatibility of actions, goals or ideas

Social Traps

Two groups reaching for their own goals and pursuing their own interests, both sides are in mutually destructive behaviors

Enemy Perception

Mutual views held by conflicting sides, each side views itself as peaceful and the other as hostile

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Beliefs that start as false/prediction led a person to cause that expectation to be true

Subordinate Goals

Goals that override differences and require cooperation

Conciliation

Recognize mutual goals → getting everyone on the same page in a conversation