Types of Social Conformity | Negative Consequences to Groupthink | Definitions | Experiments | Factors Affecting Conformity |
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Six
How many types of social conformity are there?
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Evaluating Alternatives
Too little time is spent ____________ once a tentative decision is made.
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It is the systematic study of human social life, groups, and societies
What is Sociology?
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Jenness
Who was the first psychologist to study conformity?
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Public versus private response
If you were to fill out an opinion survey, what factor would this be?
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Ingratiational Conformity, Identification, Internalization,
Informational Conformity
List two of the four types that start with the letter I.
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Dismissed or Ridiculed
Information that is critical of the main group’s viewpoint is ___________ or ____________.
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It is the systematic study of behaviour and mental process
What is Psychology?
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To estimate the number of beans in a bottle
What did the first psychologist that studied conformity ask participants to do?
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Agreement by people in a given situation
What`s the main idea of group unanimity?
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Compliance
Name the Social Conformity: Publicly changing behavior to fit in with the group while privately disagreeing
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Self-censorship
What among group members creates the illusion of total agreement and that the group cannot possibly be wrong?
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It means changing one’s behaviour or attitudes to follow the beliefs, rules, or guidelines of other people in a group
What does Conform mean?
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1932
What year was the first psychologist's experiment conducted?
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Nature of the task
Name the factor: Tasks or questions that are vague or have no clear answer are easier to have people conform to. When they are clearer, factual, or on a topic you feel competent about relative to the group, you are less likely to conform.
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1969 and 1958
What were the years that Man and Kelman identified the types?
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That it challenges the group’s view and may be completely ignored.
What is negative about information from outside people?
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It is when group members have such a strong desire to reach a consensus or agreement that the group loses its ability to critically examine other alternatives
What is Groupthink?
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True
True or False: Almost all participants changed their individual responses to be closer to the group's estimates.
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The more attractive the group is to its members, the more likely the members are to conform. The lower the social position of the individual member in the group, the more that person can be influenced to conform to the group.
Summarize Group Attractiveness
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