PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Candid Camera, Social Influence, Ingroups And Outgroups
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Chapter 12 part 2: social psychology and social influence. Independence, assertiveness, defiance (not open to influence) Conformity: the tendency to behave in ways that are consistent with the accepted social norms of your group (motivation to go along with the crowd) Highly adaptive in that it induces the members of a group to all behave in consistent ways and thereby reduces ingroup tensions. Candid camera face the rear elevator example. Participants told to guess which of three lines is equal to standard line. When confederates purposely guess incorrect length, participants chose incorrect as well. 75% of participants conformed on at least 1 trial (25% never conformed), Normative influence: they fear the social consequences of being thought of as deviant. Informational influence: they want to be correct in their judgements, so when others all agree on something, they go along on the assumption that these others are right. Compliance: the tendency to agree to someone"s request.
