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Social Psychology: Conformity and Obedience
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PDN: Complete Prison Experiment Discussion Questions
Homework: Final Review
Social norm project
When was a time that you went against the norm? What were the reactions? How did you feel?
http://www.nytimes.com/video/world/asia/100000002253734/resisting-conformity-in-thailand-.html
Social Psychology: Conformity and Compliance
Why do we conform and comply?
Class Activity
Final Review!
Begin with Practice Review Packet
Reactions to Stanford Prison Experiment???
Methods of Compliance
* compliance refers to changing one's behavior due to the request or direction of another person
Asch Experiment
- Foot-in-the- door
- Door-in-the-face
- Low-ball
What are the pros/cons of conformity?
* Informative Social Influence: The group may provide valuable information, but stubborn people will never listen to others.
* Normative Social Influence: Influence resulting from a person’s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection. A person may respect normative behavior because there may be a severe price to pay if not respected.
Social Pressures Can Create Dissonance and Lead to Conformity
Seven factors that increase conformity (Asch):
* Subject feels insecure
* The group has at least 3 people.
* The group is unanimous.
* Subject admires the group.
* Subject has made no prior commitment to any response
* Others observe the subject’s behavior.
* The culture encourages respect for social standards.
What may be benefits of conformity? Troubles with conformity?