SOC test anthropology Conformity

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Flashcards about conformity, socialization, the Stanford Prison experiment, Milgram experiment, and the Asch line test.

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What is normative conformity?

Yielding to group pressure because a person wants to fit in with a group

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What is informational conformity?

When a person lacks knowledge and looks to a group for guidance

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What is ingratiational conformity?

A person conforms to impress or gain favor/acceptance from other people

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What is socialization?

The lifelong process of how people develop attitudes, beliefs, and behavior patterns expected of a specific society.

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What are the agents of socialization?

The family, the school, peer groups, media, and the workplace

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What are characteristics of cults?

Charismatic leader, use of mind control, sexual or financial exploitation

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What are methods of introduction into a cult?

Crossroads, love bomb, creating a new reality, identifying an enemy, and using peer pressure

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What are folkways (norms)?

Customs that we follow but are often not written down; we learn them through intuition as we grow up

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What are mores?

Moral norms. If you break them, you would be seen as not just bad taste, but immoral and are often linked to religious rules.

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What are laws?

Norms that are identified as legal or illegal; the government has decided these are so important that if you break them you can get in trouble.

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What are taboos?

Negative norms that people find offensive and socially inappropriate if you are caught doing them

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What was the Stanford prison experiment?

The Stanford Prison Experiment showed how people quickly conform to roles of power or submission in a fake prison, leading to abusive behavior. It ended early due to ethical concerns.

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What went wrong with the Stanford prison experiment?

The lead researcher acted as the prison superintendent, which caused lots of bias; guards were encouraged to be harsh

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What was the Milgram experiment?

The Milgram Experiment tested obedience to authority; participants were instructed to give what they believed were painful electric shocks to another person.

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What was the Asch line test?

The Asch Experiment studied conformity in groups where participants were asked to match line lengths

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What did the Asch line test show?

Peer pressure can influence people to go against their own judgment