Psychology 2070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Sexual Assault, Mass Psychogenic Illness, Binge Drinking

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Erin Heerey

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What is conformity: refers to a change in behaviour resulting from the real or imagine in uence of other people, cross-species, not inherently good or bad , two main reasons for conforming, informational social in uence, normative social in uence. !2: understand that accepting another person"s attitudes will in uence your own view of the world, ask yourself question (ex. Do the actions of others make sense?: seek out your own information, rather than relying on other. Recreational substance use: normative social in uence can, encourage prosocial behaviour (ex. Increasing donations to charity; environmentally- friendly behaviours: reduce the occurrence antisocial behaviours (ex. How do we get people to comply: 6 principles of persuasion, reciprocity, scarcity, authority, consistency, liking, consensus. Scarcity: people want more of something they think there is less of, when ba announced it would end concorde ights between ny and london sales spiked, limited edition items are more valuable.