Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Social Influence, Disinhibition

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

Is this a normal behaviour or abnormal behaviour . Prefer the best but choose the most similar. Seems to hold in lab and many real world settings. Norms: conventions, customs and laws that apply to a group"s behaviour. Conformity: change in attitude behaviour or belief brought about by the real or imagined pressure from others: conflict from what you want to do and if you should conform! Does opposite of what group want not indep. Models: our behaviour may be shaped by models even in absence of direction intentional influence. Response disinhibition: model performs desired but prohibited act: so you do it too lol, e. g. Crossing on red or media violence: increase in suicides following 35 highly publicized suicides in 1950-1969. Response facilitation: model performs legal behaviour then we copy: e. g. Wells and petty: nod your head to convince people. Group gives information that individual can use for rational decision.