PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter Social theory: Social Comparison Theory, Solomon Asch, Asch Conformity Experiments
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How people perceive, interpret, and categorize their own and others social behaviours. Differs from other cognitive acts because of the social content. We can use language to communicate feelings and social information to others. People provide us with information about ourselves. Evaluate out abilities and beliefs by comparing them with those of others. Conformity (aka going along to get along) Tendency of people to change their behaviour as a result of group pressure. Group size (group size is up, conformity is up) Conformity effect is not strong when the group size is < four members. Individuals with low self-esteem are especially prone to conformity. Asians are more likely to conform than north americans. Conformity to authority (i was just following orders) Explanations about what causes our own and other people"s behaviour and outcomes. People"s behaviour is caused by their personal characteristics.
