AQA Psychology Social Influence (2022/2023) Already Passed

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AQA Psychology Social Influence (2022/2023) Already Passed Social Influence ✔✔ What is conformity? ✔✔Yielding to group pressure What is conformity also known as? ✔✔Majority Influence ... When does Conformity occur? ✔✔An individuals behaviour and/or beliefs are influenced by a larger group of people. Who made reference to three types of conformity? ✔✔Kelman What is the weakest form of conformity? ✔✔Complaince What is Complaince? ✔✔An individual maintains their private views but goes along with the majority publicly in order to gain approval What is Identification? ✔✔Public and Private acceptance of majority influence in order to gain acceptance What is Internalisation also known as? ✔✔True Conformmity What is Internalisation? ✔✔Individuals genuiely adjust their behaviour and opinions of the group How can Internalisation also occur? ✔✔Occurs through minority influence What is Informational Social Influnce? (ISI) ✔✔A motivational force to look to others for guidance in order to be correct (Desire to be right) What situation does ISI usually occur? ✔✔Occurs in unfamiliar/ambiguous situations What is Normative Social Influnce? ✔✔A motivational force to be liked and accepted by the group (Desire to be liked) Why do we have Normative Social Influcence? ✔✔Wanting others to respect them and not reject/ ridicule them What research shows NSI? ✔✔Asch What are the Positive evaluation point of the explanations of conformity? ✔✔-Research support for both ISI and NSI What are the negative evaluation points for the explanations of conformity? ✔✔- Oversimplified- both process could be involved -Individual Differences -People who aren't bothered about being liked will b [Show More]

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