ALHT106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Contactmusic.Com, Time Management, Allied Health Professions
ALHT week 9 Tutorial Group Dynamics and Processes Application to Allied Health Care
Practice
Social Influence
- The change in behaviour that one person causes in another, intentionally or
unintentionally, as a result of the way the changed person perceives themselves in
relationship to the influencer, other people and society in general
- Social influence affects individuals in group situations
oPeople behave differently in a crowd than they do as individuals
oIn a crowd, people may lose their personal identities and ability to judge right
from wrong
oBecome anonymous and no longer consider themselves accountable for their
behaviour = deindividualism
- Social influence includes:
oConformity
oObedience
Conformity
- Refers to a change in attitude or behaviour to accommodate the standards of peers
or groups
- The pressure to conform can be immense, even if subtle
Ways in which people conform
- Fashion of the day
- Food (diets)
- Drinks (eg. What you drink at the pub)
- What you study (the popularity of a course drives the atar up)
- Cueing at the bus stop
Why People Conform
- To be liked (avoid bullying, teasing)
- To ‘fit in’ (not being seen as different or oppositional)
- Need for social approval (normative conformity) societal expectations
- To be correct (informational conformity when someone lacks knowledge, they will
look to the group for direction and information, or if situation is ambiguous/unclear
how they should respond)
- Conform to a social role (identification eg. Role of a policeman, lawyer, labourer,
etc.)
Factors affecting Conformity
- Group size large groups elicit more conformity
- Dissention if even one member dissents from the group, others tend to follow their
own judgement
- Personality those with low self-esteem are more likely to conform
- Culture people from collectivist cultures are more likely to conform
- Gender women are more likely to conform than men
Asch’s Conformity Study
- Participants (7-9 uni students) were asked to judge line lengths while working in a
group. All but one were confederates
- As the confederates consistently gave obviously wrong answers, the participant
often conformed and gave the same wrong answer
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Document Summary
Alht week 9 tutorial group dynamics and processes application to allied health care. The change in behaviour that one person causes in another, intentionally or unintentionally, as a result of the way the changed person perceives themselves in relationship to the influencer, other people and society in general. Refers to a change in attitude or behaviour to accommodate the standards of peers or groups. The pressure to conform can be immense, even if subtle. Drinks (eg. what you drink at the pub) What you study (the popularity of a course drives the atar up) To fit in" (not being seen as different or oppositional) Need for social approval (normative conformity) societal expectations. To be correct (informational conformity when someone lacks knowledge, they will look to the group for direction and information, or if situation is ambiguous/unclear how they should respond) Conform to a social role (identification eg. role of a policeman, lawyer, labourer, etc. )
