Conformity Quiz

Soloman Asch

• polish-American psychologist

• Studied why people go along with the group and what leads them to?

• Study - “Asch’s Conformity”

Asch’s Conformity STudy Details

• Group of people given line X and Line A, B, and C

• 5 are Confederates and lie, the 1 participant doesn’t know of deception

• They all must answer which line (A-C) is the same length as line X

Normative social influence

• participant doesn’t know of deception and doubts self, choosing the answer of the group

Normative social influence

• participant knows the answer but chooses to go along with the group

  • Doesn’t cause a stir

Findings of Asch’s Conformity in Written test

• w/o group learning of the participant’s answers yet hearing the confederates, normative pressurees go down

Generational Conformity

• seen in the study in the waiting room

• Shows that when we see others in a group do something, we often then to conform esp when new to a group

  • Explains why we pass on traditions that don’t make sense

  • These traditions can even outlast the person who created them

Conditions that strengthen conformity

• you’re made to feel incompentent/insecure

• You’re in a larger group (esp as size grows)

• You look up to the people in the group

• You haven’t picked a side openly yet

• Your response isn’t anonymous

• The group is unanimous*

Altruism

• Unselfish regard for welfare of others

• Helping behavior

Bystander Effect

• tendency for any given bystander to be less likely to give aid if other bystanders are present

First Bystander Effect Video

• in suburban NY

• People looked at kidnapping but didn’t want to get involved

  • Thought others would take resp

Confomity Definition

• adjusting our behavior or thinking to coincide with a group standard

• Think or act like members of a group

Diffusion of Responsability

• the diminished state of responsibility often experienced by individuals in group and social collectives.

Social Loafing

• tendency for people in a group to exert less effort when pooling their efforts toward attaining a common goal than when individually accountable

Bystanders will intervene if…

1. Notice … that smth (an incident) is going on

2. Interpret… the thing as an emergency

3. Assume Responsibility … take a job of helping

Smoke-filled Room Study

• conducted by Darley and Latané

• Condition 1

  • Participant alone, takes 30 seconds to get help with smoke in room

• Condition 2

  • Participant with 5 confederates that pretend to not notice, takes 20 mins and debriefing to notice a sis. Qw1

    • Searches non-verbally for help, looking around and looking perturbed.

Diffusion of Responsibility Ted Talk

• explains how we don’t take every oppurt to help someone due to our days going in every other direction

  • Too caught up in our own lives

Subway Task

• increased mood among those asked to engage in a convo with a stranger on the subway

Danger of a single story studies

• how do stereotypes affect us?

Stereotype def

• a set of cognitive generalizations (beliefs, expectations) about the qualities and characteristics of the members of a group

• Often:

  • Exaggerated

  • Negative

  • Resistant to change

Prejudice

• a negative attitude toward another person or group formed in advance of any experience with that person or group

Discrimination

• unjustifiable negative behavior towards a group and its members