Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nonconformist

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Norms: conventions, customs and laws that apply to a group"s behaviour. Independence resist social influence and maintain their own beliefs a: anti-conformity influenced by the group to do what the group does not want you to do. Our behaviour may be shaped by models, even in absence of direct intentional influence. Response disinhibition: model performs desired, but prohibited act, e. g. crossing on red, media violence, increase in suicides following 35 highly publicized suicide in 1950-1969 (philips, 1989) Response facilitation: model performs legal behaviour then we copy, e. g. When presence of model nodding while playing a video with message, attendant. Conforming to group pressure is more likely to agree with the message of the video a. Conformity greatly reduced if subjects can answer anonymously. Psychiatrist predict 2% will complete the shock series. Factors influencing obedience: status, proximity, low status setting 50% complete (not really influential, authority figure obey even though not there, learner remote, hear, see & hear, touch.