PSYC 215 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9-13: Normative Social Influence, Stationary Point, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 215
• Professor: Mark Baldwin

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Social influence: the many ways people affect one another, including changes in attitudes, beliefs, feelings, and behavior resulting from the comments, actions, or even the mere presence of others. Conformity: changing one"s behavior or beliefs in response to explicit or implicit pressure (real or imagined) from others. Compliance: responding favorably to an explicit request by another person. Can come from people with power over you or from peers. Obedience: in an unequal power relationship, submitting to the demands of the person in authority. Conformity is generally beneficial to ourselves and to others. Undergrads took part in two 10 mins sessions in which they described various photographs from popular magazines such as newsweek and time with another participant (a confederate) In one session confederate shook his or her foot or rub his or her face. They were videotaped to determined if they tended to behave like the confederate. Participants tended to mimic the behavior exhibited by the confederate.