PSYC 215 Chapter 7: Chapter 7.docx

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Michael Sullivan

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Three forms of influences that vary in degree of pressure exerted on an individual: conformity, compliance, obedience. The 3 are not distinct, qualitatively different types of influence. Humans don"t always succumb under pressure: may conform or maintain independence from others, may comply with direct requests or react with assertiveness, may obey the commands of authority or oppose powerful others in an act of defiance. The chameleon effect - tanya chartrand and john barge (1999) Set up participants to work on task with a partner, a confederate who exhibited habit of rubbing his face or shaking his foot. Hidden cameras recording the interaction revealed that participants mimicked these behaviours to match their partner"s actions. This phenomenon is known as the chameleon effect. Participants who had been mimicked by the confederate liked the confederate more than those who had not been mimicked.