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Social Influence
Psychology A Level Key definitions
Term | Definition |
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Influence | a process where people agree/ disagree about appropriate behaviours and maintain or change social norms accordingly |
Pathology of power | enjoying absolute control |
Autonomous state | When you are in control and responsible for you actions |
Agentic State | when you are ready to obey another |
Agentic shift | going from an autonomous state to an agentic state |
Fascism | an ideology where people believe in the superiority of one race and want to "cleanse" their nation of undesirable members. |
Ideology | a system of ideas or ideals |
learned helplessness | a person puts up with endless discomfort or stress because they feel unable to escape from it. |
Social change | When society or a significant part of society change its views and adopt new behaviours as the norm |
Convergent-divergent theory | Nemeth defining it as the minority and majority having different thinking types |
Divergent thinking | The minority's difference of opinion that is broader and takes in more information leads to better decisions and more creative solutions |