Exam 3 Social Psych

Conformity

A change in one’s behavior due to the real/imagined influence of others

Private Acceptance

Conforming to behavior out of belief someone is right

Public Compliance

Conforming to behavior without necessarily believing in what the group is doing

Social norms

implicit/explicit rules a group has for its members of acceptable behaviors, values, and beliefs.

Informational social influence

Relying on others as a source of information to guide our behavior when situation is ambiguous and we believe other is right.

Normative social influence

going along with what others do to be liked and accepted; leads to public conformity but not always private acceptance

Social Impact Theory

the idea that conforming to social influence depends on group’s importance, its immediacy, and number of people in group.

Injunctive Norms

People’s perception of what behavior is approved/disapproved by others

Descriptive Norms

People’s perception of how people actually behave regardless of what is approved

Propaganda

Attempt to advance a cause by manipulating mass behavior with misleading information

Obedience

change in behavior due to authority figure

Group

2+ people who are interdependent because their needs influence each other

Social roles

shared expectations in a group about how certain people should behave

group cohesiveness

qualities of a group that bind group members together and promote liking between them

social facilitation

When in presence of others and our individual performance is being evaluated we do well on simple tasks and worse on complex tasks

social loafing

in presence of others and when individual behavior cannot be evaluated we do worse on simple tasks but better on complex tasks

deindividuation

loosening of normal constraints on behavior when people can’t be identified: makes people less accountable and increases obedience to group norms

Groupthink

decision process in which maintaining group cohesiveness is more important than considering the facts in a realistic manner.

Risky shift

in a group we are more likely to do risky things than alone

group polarization

tendency for groups to make decisions that are more extreme than the initial inclinations of their members.

Great Person Theory

certain key personalities make a person a good leader regardless of situation

Transactional Leaders

set clear short-term goals and reward people who meet those goals

Transformational Leader

effectiveness of leader depends on how task and relationship oriented the leader is AND amount of control leader has over the group

Task Oriented leaders (high control)

FACTS NOT FEELINGS: more concerned with getting job done over worker’s feelings and relationships

Relationship-Oriented Leaders (moderate control)

concerned more with workers feelings and relationships

Social Dilemma

Conflict where most beneficial action for individual if chosen by others harmfully effects everyone