PSYC 2000 Lecture : SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY NOTES- Greening
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Social psychology- branch of psychology concerned with how a person"s behavior, thoughts, and feelings are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. Social influence- how we are influenced by others. Social influence: the ways in which a person"s thoughts, feelings , and behavior can be affected by others, conformity, compliance, obedience, group influence. Conformity: changing one"s own behavior to more closely match the actions of others. Reason for conformity: normative social influence, a person"s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection, respecting normative behavior, because price may be severe if not followed. Informational social influence: group may provide valuable information, when the task is difficult or you are unsure, it makes sense to listen to others. Groupthink- occurs when people place more importance on maintaining group cohesiveness than on assessing the facts of the problem with which group is concerned.
