Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Social Influence-AS
- Types of conformity-Kelman
- Compliance- where you have opposite public and private views
- Identification- where you value a part of the group so you go along with the behaviour of the group. However,
you may still have some separate private views to the group
- Internalisation- your public and private views are the
same and you agree whole-heartedly with the group
- Explanations for conformity- Dutch and Gerrard
- Informative social influence is where we go with the group as we believe they have the right information.
- Evidence: Lucas et al and math problems, Jenesse and beams study (1932), Perrin and spencer disagree
- Normative social influence is where we go along with the group as we want social acceptance.
- Evidence- Crutchfield and Asch
- Evaluation of explanations- nAffiliators (McGhee and Tavern), two-process approach so hard to know which explanation is at work, cultural bias, NSI has practical application in explaining bullying and
teens smoking