Myers Chapter 6: Conformity and Obedience Questions and Answers 2023

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Conformity - -adjusting our behaviour or thinking to coincide with a group standard -compliance - -Conforming to a request or demand even if privately disagreeing. -Obedience - -changing one's b... ehaviour at the command of an authority figure -Acceptance - -conformity that involves both acting and believing in accord with social pressure -Stanley Milgram - -4 factors breed obedience; victims distance, closeness and legitimacy, respected institution? effects of disobedience -Cohesiveness - -tendency of a group or team to stick together -normative influence - -the tendency for people to conform in order to fit in with the group -informational influence - -conformity occurring when people accept evidence about reality provided by other people -Reactance - -a motive to protect or restore one's sense of freedom -Cultural Influences - -norms and values acquired during socialisation -Autokinetic Phenomenon (Sherif) - -the apparent movement of a stationary point of light in the dark -Asch Experiment - -experimented how people would rather conform than state their own individual answer even though they know the group's answer is wrong -Asch effect - - -Studies of Obedience - -Milgram (1974) -Agentic State Theory - -the essence of obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself as the instrument for carrying out another person's wishes, and he therefore no longer sees himself as responsible for his actions. -infrahumanization - -the perception that outgroup members lack qualities viewed as unique to human beings -social impact theory - -The idea that conforming to social influence depends on the strength of the group's importance, its immediacy, and th [Show More]

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