Psyc 360 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I Relationship Between Attitude and Behavior Outline of Current Lecture II Social Influence a Conformity i Public ii Private Current Lecture The nail that sticks up gets hammered down Chinese saying The nail that sticks up is brave American Saying Social Influence occasions when a person s thoughts feelings and or behaviors are influenced by others Different types of Social Influence Conformity what happens when a person behaves like others Compliance when a person agrees to the requests made by others Obedience when a person agrees to the requests made by a person of authority DEMANDS Study People sit down at a round table with confederates The participant always sits in seat 6 They are shown a line and three other lines on a separate sheet of paper They are to state which other line matches the single line The group says the correct line the first couple tries and then everyone starts stating the wrong line Does the participant say the right thing or go along with the group About 2 3 of the people conformed at some point or another during the study and stated the wrong line 2 Types of conformity These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Public Conformity Behaving as others behave even if we think they are wrong The line study Private Conformity thinking feeling and or behaving as others because you think they are right Most Americans liking peanut butter but not a vegemite burger from Australia We are all moral relativism beings Moral Relativisim figuring out what s moral and immoral by consulting social standards Public Think others are wrong Yes Are we aware of having conformed Yes Feeling of guilt Yes In public need to fit in and need for accuracy VS Private No No not usually No
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