PSYC 6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Muzafer Sherif, Floyd Henry Allport, Stationary Point
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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. Tendency of individuals to change/match their expressed views and attitudes to those of others. How we"re influenced by the people around us to accept norms or group standards, even at the expense of. Plays a big part, for example, in getting people to suppress anger; to pay taxes; to form lines at the theater, museum, and grocery store and to stay to the right of the sidewalk. Bad: going along with a crowd to throw a racist party, pull a harmful prank, try a dangerous new drug, or drive a vehicle while intoxicated. Floyd allport: first modern lab study of conformity. People make less extreme judgments when in a group vs. when alone. Moderation of opinion in front of others. Conform at expense of our own preferences.
