Categories: All - obedience - culture - authority - conformity

by Illya Chang 4 years ago

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Ch6 Conformity and Obedience

The concepts of conformity and obedience are explored through various psychological lenses, shedding light on why individuals align their behaviors with group norms. Influences driving conformity include the desire to be liked or right, known as normative and informational influences, respectively.

Ch6 Conformity and Obedience

Ch6 Conformity and Obedience

To be different

Asserting Uniqueness
Reactance

过于多的要求和压迫=>reactance

Who conforms?

Social roles
Role reversal
Culture
Personality

Why conform?

Informational influence
desire to be right
Normative influence
desire to be liked

What predicts conformity?

Prior commitment

好朋友跟陌生人不一样


Public response

匿名投票也有缺点

实名登记=>对自己的行为负责

Status
Cohesion
Unanimity
Group size

3-5>1-2,5个人后diminish returns

Classical studies

Reflections on the classic studies
The power of the situation
Behavior&Attitudes

Behavior&attitudes are mutually reinforcing


What breeds obedience?
The liberating effects of group influence
Institutional authority
Closeness&Legitimacy of the authority
The victim's distance
Milgram's Obedience Experiments
Asch's Studies of Group pressure
Sherif's Studies of Norm formation

人陌生,情景陌生,conformity上升

Suggestibility

mass delusions

chamelon effect

mood linkage

contagious yawning

Basic concepts

Acceptance
inward conformity
Obedience
explicit command
Compliance
outward conformity
Confirmity
accord with others