Psychology 2070A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Proof, Mass Psychogenic Illness, Caudate Nucleus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Taylor Kohut

Document Summary

Conformity: a change in beh"r resulting from the real or imagined influence of other people (cross-species; not inherently good or bad ); can override survival beh"rs: 2 main reasons for conforming: (1) informational social influence, (2) normative social influence. Minority can produce private acceptance: majorities cause public compliance because of normative social influence. Group: collection of 3 or more people who interact with each other (characterized by interdependence: their needs & goals cause them to rely on one another: dyad: group of 2 people, social baseline theory (coan & sbarra, 2014) ); drawback: concern with maintain good relations blocks good problem solving: social facilitation: our efforts are directly observed by others; easier to do something simple (dominant. Deindividuation: being in a group can loosen the normal constraints on our beh"r, leading to an increase in impulsive &/or deviant acts (3 factors): anonymity makes us feel less accountable for our actions (i. e. , harder to get caught)