5 - Social Influence

Obedience

complying with the orders of an authority figure

Authority figure

someone with more power and control than another

Blind Obedience

Anti-Semitic

Momentum of compliance

Authoritarian personality

Conformity

matching the behaviour and beliefs of others in order to fit in or because we don’t know how to behave in an usual situation

Compliance

going along with the majority even though we privately don’t agree

Normative Social Influence

compliance because of the need to fit into a group

Internalisation

going long with the majority because we don’t know how to behave in a situation - we adopt the beliefs of the group

Informational social influence

conformity because we don’t know how to behave; others provide this info so we adopt the beliefs and behaviours

Identification

temporarily adopting the behaviours of a role model or group

Deindividuation

loss of personal self-awareness and responsibility as a result of being in a group

Bystander effect

sometimes called bystander apathy, when we fail to help another in need

Situational factors

features of a situation that influence whether or not we intervene in an emergency

Personality factors

features of an individual that influence how likely they are to intervene in an emergency

Diffusion of responsibility

when we believe others will help so we don’t have to

Pluralistic ignorance

when we interpret the situation according to the others’ reaction

Confederate

Locus of Control (LOC)

Internal LOC

External LOC

Blind obedience

Anti-Semitic

Momentum of compliance

Authoritarian personality

F-Scale

Prosocial behaviour

Antisocial behaviour

Field experiment

Covert observation

Demand Characteristics

Ecological validity

Generalisability

Society

Social issue

Culture

Individualistic culture

Collectivistic culture