compliance with society’s accepted behavior and rules. Experiments Asch Experiment in Conformity Solomon Asch 8 male students‚ 7 confederates and 1 real participant Confederates gave an obviously wrong answer Went along with group because believed the group was better informed than him ( informative conformity) or because wanted to fit in with other ‘participants’ (normative conformity) Milgrams Shock Experiment Stanley Milgram‚ questioned results of Holocaust Participant took role of ‘teacher’
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Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways The way that groups can influence people in positive and negative ways varies due to different factors. The factors include individual involved‚ situation and group that the person is involved with. Group pressure plays a big role in influence and can often cause someone to do something that they wouldn’t normally do. I will discuss the positive and negative influences and different roles within this essay. Roles and groups
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influences Area for discussion Link to book Growing up‚ influences on young people‚ conformity‚ social identities‚ stereotypes. Skateboarders Social interactions on identity Kondo Conformity and out of character actions Asch Group norm‚ conflict and working together Sherif Short conclusive paragraph with general summery on the topic of the assessment. Part B – Essay From early age‚ groups are thought to have influence on our behaviour. Groups can provide individuals with a sense of belonging
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resources. The Asch and Milgram experiments show that all three of the above theories have some truth to it. We can see how Symbolic Interaction influenced the majority of people to listen to the authority figure telling the teacher to do something unethical when the teacher himself is an authority figure. This probably stemmed from a symbol of an authority figure like an overbearing father in the subjects life that caused the teacher to give in to the authority figure in the Milgram experiment. Functional
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Distress & the Homeless‚ 11(4): 355-360. * Robinson‚ Peter * Schaller‚ M.‚ J.A. Simpson‚ and D.T. Kenrick. 2006. Evolution and Social Psychology (Frontiers of Social Psychology). New York: Psychology Press. ISBN 1841694177. * Sewell‚ W.H * Sherif‚ M. 1954. Experiments in group conflict. Scientific American‚ 195: 54-58. * Smith‚ Peter B * Sternberg‚ R. J. 1986. A triangular theory of love. Psychological Review‚ 93: 119-135. * Tajfel‚ H.‚ and J.C * Takooshian‚ H. 2005. Reviewing 100 years
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including culture‚ emotion‚ values and ethics in the individual decision process‚ we will examine other variables including conformity‚ group think‚ culture‚ and emotions in relation to the group decision process. We used three experiments‚ Stanford‚ Asch and Milgram to illustrate other variables that contributes to individual and group decision making. Autocratic leadership V democratic leadership Autocratic Autocratic leaders create a strict division between superiors and
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18 trials took place of which the confederates gave the wrong answer in 12 (critical trials.)Asch found that 74% of the participant’s conformed at least once and 32% was the mean average rate of conformity. Asch also found that common participant behaviour included: sweating‚ coughing nervously‚ turning red and shifting uncomfortably in seats. In terms of whether or not the research carried out by Asch was worthwhile or not one may argue that it did generate subsequent research and he did find
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Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity. (12 marks) Normative social influence says people conform because they feel they need to be accepted and belong to the group. They accept the majorities’ views publicly‚ but privately they disagree – this type of conformity is compliance. The majority control the other group members‚ and use the fear of rejection to get others to conform. This is because humans are a social species and need companionship and are afraid of rejection. Research to support
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The size of the group‚ Asch discovered‚ was a deciding factor to the effectiveness of a group which usually peeked with three individuals versus one individual (657). Milgram’s initial experiment‚ performed on Yale undergraduates‚ showed up to 60% were completely obedient to the authority (634). Further replicated experiments showed similar results‚ such as‚ “one scientist in Munich found 85% of his subject to be obedient” (Milgram 635). The results are vile to think that conformity
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How does research on social influence (such as the works of Asch‚ Milgram and Zimbardo) enhance our understanding of anti-social behaviour? The Crime and Disorder Act (1998‚ cited in Home Office‚ 2004) defines anti-social behaviour (ASB) as acting in an inconsiderate manner towards a person with the intention of causing harm‚ or distress or‚ causing alarming damage to society through negligence. In the UK‚ ASB refers to low-level criminality‚ nuisance‚ and public disturbance (Brown‚ 2013). Following
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