Altruism & Apathy; Conformity & Obedience; Compliance

altruism

unselfish concern for others; putting others before yourself.

apathy

selfishness; uncaring for others

social influence

how does the situation we are in influence our behavior?

conformity

changing behavior when faced with others who make a different choice; yielding to group pressure

obedience

performing a behavior because one is told to do so; behaving as instructed (even if its something you’d rather not do)

compliance

behavior changes because of a request, not from a command

foot-in-the-door technique

if you comply with a small request, you may then comply with a larger request

Stanford marshmallow test

test on child obedience; deferred gratification linked to future success

normative social influence

influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked/accepted by them.

Solomon Asch

psychologist who experimented on conformity

Stanley Milgram

psychologist who experimented on obedience (shock experiment)

Stanford Prison experiment

experiment on the power of the situation by Phillip Zimbardo