Social Psychology Leadership Styles Findings 3 groups 3 types of leaders Autocratic worked hardest when watched most hostile aggressive Laissez Faire least productive poorest quality Democratic highest motivation most original most playful most praise Conclusion leadership style and social situation created differences not individual personalities Implications for parenting Conform change behavior to match others self initiated Good or bad It depends 2 types informational use others when unsure want to be right normative copy others to fit in want to be accepted Asch 1955 Findings 70 side with wrong atleast once Effect inc with group size As long as one dissents effect stops Answer in private reduces but does not stop Recent studies still powerful More likely ambiguous task attractive group low status Male vs Female depends on the situation
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