PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Saccade, Mass Psychogenic Illness, Depth Perception
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Lecture 8- conformity & dissent (why we act or don"t act like others) Conformity- change in behaviour due to the real or imagined influence of other people. Compliance-change in behaviour due to direct, request from another person. Obedience- change in behaviour due to commands of an authority figure. Act in a particular way that you may or may not want to do. Implicit social influence- influence caused by increasing the accessibility of social beliefs in working memory. (usually occurs outside of awareness) Informational social influence- the influence of other ppl that leads us to conform because we see them as a source of information to guide our behaviour (copying other ppl) Mass psychogenic illness- occurrence of physical symptoms with a group of ppl with no known physical cause (war of the worlds; fake radio show got everyone scared) Auto kinetic effect- eyes jump back and forth constantly-this is called a saccade"(contribute to depth perception, staring at an unmoving pt.
