Group Behavior and Dynamics Social Influence CONFORMITY is

Group Behavior and Dynamics Social Influence CONFORMITY _______________ is a type of social influence in which individuals change their attitudes or behavior to adhere to existing ________________, which are explicit or unspoken rules about how we should behave. Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism _______________ is the attitude that other societies’ customs and ideas can be judged in the context of one’s own culture. Pros Cons One of the most famous experiments to demonstrates conformity was ___________________, where 75% of people conformed at least once and agreed with line judgements that were objectively wrong. There is a difference between ___________________ which is doing what others do or say, even though you don’t necessarily agree with it and ___________________, which is coming to feel or think as others do. We conform for two reasons: ___________________: conforming in order to meet others’ approval or gain acceptance; you want to “fit in. ” ___________________: you conform because you want to be right about something and think others know more than you do. You are more likely to conform if… • You are female, adolescent, in an ambiguous situation, in a cohesive group, You are less likely to conform if there is the presence of a _____________. DESTRUCTIVE OBEDIENCE: When obeying orders harms others. • _______ of people were willing to shock to the XXX level. ___________________ is the attitude that a society’s customs and ideas should be viewed within the context of that society’s problems and opportunities COMPLIANCE: When someone agrees to do something that another person requests. We use ______________ causing another to like you by being as physically attractive as possible, being friendly, flattering the other person, and agreeing with the other.

Common Group Behaviors Social Facilitation When we are performing simple, well-learned tasks in front of a crowd, we perform __________. When we perform difficult tasks in front of a crowd, we tend to perform __________. This is due to ______________, which strengthens your dominant response. Social Loafing When people are pooling their efforts toward a common goal, each individual exerts ______ effort than she or he normally would. This is why everyone hates group work! Deindividuation Psychological state in which you lose _______________and _______________in a group situation. You adopt ___________, instead of your own moral code. Groupthink Occurs when people tend to conform with group decisions to avoid feeling outcast. The main danger with groupthink is ________________. Example from history: _________________ Group Polarization If a group thinks basically the same way, discussing the viewpoint _____________ opinions, and the group viewpoints become even more extreme than they were initially. • In one study, in 1, 500 cases where judges sat alone they took an extreme course of action only 30% of the time. However when sitting in a group of 3, this figure more than doubled to 65%. Group Polarization occurs due to two phenomena: _________________________: people change their mind as a result of the rational arguments presented by others. _____________: people change their mind to conform with group norms, especially when those norms are socially desirable.