Chapter 7: Social Influence: Conformity, Social Roles, and Obedience

A collection of vocabulary flashcards covering social influence concepts such as conformity, social roles, obedience, and the dynamics of social norms.

Implicit Expectations

Unwritten rules about behavior, including conformity and social roles.

Explicit Expectations

Clearly stated rules about behavior, including compliance and obedience.

Social Norms

Implicit social rules about how people should behave that can create a herd mentality.

Herd Mentality

Tendency to blindly follow the group due to social norms.

Informational Social Influence

We conform because we want to be 'correct' or have accurate perceptions.

Normative Social Influence

When we conform to group standards to fit in with others.

Descriptive Norms

Social norms that describe what most people do in a situation.

Injunctive Norms

Social norms that specify what behaviors are approved or disapproved.

Obedience

Compliance with the commands or instructions of an authority figure.

Social Roles

Expectations about how individuals should behave in a given context.

Milgram's Study

Investigated obedience to authority, illustrating how people can commit harmful acts under pressure.

Stanford Prison Study

Phil Zimbardo's experiment that explored the psychological effects of perceived power.

Cultural Conformity

The changing cultural attitudes towards conformity over time.

Mass Psychogenic Illness

Social contagion effect where groups show psychosomatic symptoms due to shared behavior.

Nonconformity

The act of rejecting social norms, which can sometimes facilitate social change.