PSY 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Asch Conformity Experiments, Solomon Asch, Social Proof

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 205
• Professor: Houck

Document Summary

Conformity : adjusting our thinking or behavior toward some group standard. Asch key factors: size of group; larger the group, greater the impact on conformitygroup unanimity: conformity decreased if another person deviated from the majority view. Why do people conform? learning, affiliation movement, informational social influence. Obedience: when people follow direct commands, usually from an authority figure. Delaware is closed: people put up a sign at the border of delaware that said it was closed, drivers turned around. Midwestern flood: a guy said he had jurisdiction of the area and he had the national guard obeying him just because he claimed authority. Jim jones: took his cult to south america, government official went to check on the followers and got shot, jones told some 700 followers to drink poison kool-aid, they all did it and died.