PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Stationary Point, Ostracism, Cyberball
22 Jan 2016
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B4 they were for prisoners & sailors now evry1 has tattoos its growing popularity comes from ppl influencing ea. ** some type of behaviors are truly contagious. Social influence= many ways how ppl affect/ influence ea. Conformity: changing one"s behavior or beliefs in response to some real (or imagined) pressure from others a. Implicit: decide to pass from loose jeans to skinny jeans don"t really know why you are wearing skinny jeans you are doing it bc evry1 does it. Explicit : a friend tells you to change your pants or to try a drug b. Compliance: responding favorably to an explicit request by another person. *there is some power over u, but it"s more like a request not an order (e. g. much easier for a prof to persuade u to loan her 20$ than it would be for a stranger) Obedience: unequal power relationship, submitting to the demands of the person in authority.
