PSYC 2310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Pluralistic Ignorance, Authoritarianism
12 Nov 2015
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Chapter 8 social norms, compliance, and obedience. Social norms: unspoken rules of conduct in a group. Conformity: tendency to change our perceptions, options, or behaviors in ways that are consistent with perceived group norms. Compliance: changes in behaviour that that are caused by direct request. Obedience: behaviour that is produced by the commands of authority figures. Descriptive norms: norms that describe how people behave in a given situation. Injunctive norms: norms that describe how people ought to behave in a given situation: not showing up to class naked. Pluralistic ignorance: a type of norm misconception that occurs when each individual in the group privately rejects the group"s norm, but believes that others accept these norms. Signal amplification bias refers to people"s perception that their overtures communicate more romantic interest than they actually do to potential partners: why people don"t make the first move in relationships.
