PSYC 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Deindividuation, Social Influence

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1160
• Professor: Ken Cramer

Document Summary

Asked question about the scope and definition of social psych. Prof played video of a candid camera in an elevator video (people follow what others do by turning in elevator) Social influence comes in three forms: conformity, compliance, obedience. Deindividuation = the extent to which we blend into the crowd. Conformity( (cid:862)those that go alo(cid:374)g get alo(cid:374)g(cid:863) we do(cid:374)"t like to sti(cid:272)k out) I(cid:374) a(cid:374)d of itself is (cid:374)ot (cid:271)ad, it"s all (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t. 37% conformed on at least one trial (chose clearly wrong answer) Discussing social influence as well as techniques used to gain social influence. These i(cid:374)(cid:272)lude the (cid:862)foot i(cid:374) the doo(cid:396)(cid:863) te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue a(cid:374)d (cid:862)doo(cid:396) i(cid:374) the fa(cid:272)e(cid:863) te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue (esse(cid:374)tially the opposite) We want to be liked; turn down someone"s re(cid:395)uest, the(cid:455) wo(cid:374)"t let (cid:455)ou a(cid:374)(cid:455)(cid:373)o(cid:396)e . Door-in-the-face: make request that is too big, ask again, but for something small.