PSY 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Normative Social Influence, Stanley Milgram, Relational Aggression
11 Dec 2017
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A change in behaviour due to the influence of other people. Jim jones and the peoples temple : 800 followers committed suicide, he built a following and manipulated them and no one was allowed to leave, he gave his followers kool-aid mixed with cyanide and those who refused were shot. American culture stresses the importance of not conforming: nation of rugged individualists, who think for themselves, go against the tide. The marlboro man mythos: view of the non-conforming american. But they conform just as much as anyone else. Informational social influence and normative social influence: need to know what"s right , looking to others for the answers because we see them as a source of information to guide our behaviour. Participants came to believe that the group estimate is the correct one. Laser on the wall in a dark room, and participants have to guess how far it moved. Respondent will converge their answer to the group.
