Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Social Influence
Psychology A Level Key definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Created by:
Pur_ple
Popular Psychology sets