Social Influence
, Key Terms: Collectivist cultures
Cultures - where there
Social Influence When our behaviour , attitudes , beliefs etc are influenced by is a high degree of
others interdependence
between people eg
Conformity The tendency to change our behaviour or attitudes in response
Japan
to social pressure - this pressure can be real or imagined
Social roles -
An individual adopts a
Majority This takes place when a person changes their attitudes , particular behaviour and
influence beliefs or actions in order to fit in with a larger group belief while a particular
situation - this type of
Minority This takes place when an individual or small group of people
conformity represents
influence influence the majority or larger group to change their attitudes
or behaviour towards an issue
identification
Suffragette movement
Individualistic Cultures where personal independence and achievement are An example of minority
cultures valued eg North America influence - in the 1920s
public and political
Norm An unwritten rule about how to behave in a social group opinion gradually
changed in response to
Confederate Non participant working for experimenter - been debriefed women
, Key Terms: Collectivist cultures
Cultures - where there
Social Influence When our behaviour , attitudes , beliefs etc are influenced by is a high degree of
others interdependence
between people eg
Conformity The tendency to change our behaviour or attitudes in response
Japan
to social pressure - this pressure can be real or imagined
Social roles -
An individual adopts a
Majority This takes place when a person changes their attitudes , particular behaviour and
influence beliefs or actions in order to fit in with a larger group belief while a particular
situation - this type of
Minority This takes place when an individual or small group of people
conformity represents
influence influence the majority or larger group to change their attitudes
or behaviour towards an issue
identification
Suffragette movement
Individualistic Cultures where personal independence and achievement are An example of minority
cultures valued eg North America influence - in the 1920s
public and political
Norm An unwritten rule about how to behave in a social group opinion gradually
changed in response to
Confederate Non participant working for experimenter - been debriefed women
