Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Social Influence

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Term
Definition
Social Influence   the effect other people have on our behaviour. This includes conformity, obedience and social loafing for example.  
🗑
Conformity   a change in a person's behaviour or opinions as the result of group pressure  
🗑
Obedience   following the orders of someone we believe to have authority  
🗑
Socialisation   the way we are raised to behave and the things we are taught to accept as normal  
🗑
Buffer   something that creates distance between the teacher and learner (e.g a wall or another person administering the shocks)  
🗑
Deindividuation   the state of losing our sense of individuality and becoming less aware of our own responsibility for our actions  
🗑
Anonymous   being able to keep our identity hidden  
🗑
Mundane realism   an everyday situation that is life-like and not artificial  
🗑
Social loafing   putting less effort into doing something when you are with others doing the same thing  
🗑
Culture   a group of people (usually living in one place) who share similar customs, beliefs and behaviour.  
🗑
Diffusion of responsibility   in a group of people there is less need for the individual to act because someone else who is present could also do something  
🗑
Empathy   being able to put yourself in someone else's position psychologically and understand how that person is feeling  
🗑
Altruism   helping someone without thinking of yourself, sometimes at a great cost  
🗑
Bystander apathy   doing nothing in an emergency when someone is in need of help  
🗑
Practical implications   suggestions about behaviour in the real world beyond the research study, based upon what psychologists have discovered  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
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
Created by: Kajal11
Popular Psychology sets