PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pluralistic Ignorance, Sociosexual Orientation, Parental Investment

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Psyc 100 - introduction to psychology - lecture 7: social psychology ii. Norms: rules for accepted and/or expected behaviour in a given situation or for a particular role. Descriptive function: norms reflect what most people do in a given situation. Injunction function: norms specify what ought to be done. Facilitating social injunction: provide simple expectations in new and familiar situations. Conformity: tendency to change behaviour and attitudes to align with those of others. Provides order and predictability: group norms, autokinetic effect: a steady light appears to move, because of the constant movement of the eye. Small light in a dark room, 50ft away from participant. Cognitive dissonance: when there is a discrepancy in a person"s behaviour and personal attitudes/values: compliance (i. e. , buying) that occurs when something else is given for free. Person is physically close to the authority figure. Person is removed from the impact of their actions.