Issues and debates - Social Influence (Topic 5)

society

a group of people in a commmunity or people living together in a large group

social issue

a problem or situation of conflict within society

social issues and obedience

explains the racism against jews because of the high levels of authority and explains that german soldiers were regular people.

supporting studies:Shanab and Yahya (1977)replicated Milgrams experiment in Jordan

social issues and conformity

helps us understand social issues.when riots occured due to the police shooting of Mark Duggan.People looked to others for information on how to behave.This is explained by normative social influence.

social psychology

investigates how these groups influence our behavior

social issue

a problem or situation of conflict within a society

one example of social issues and deindividuation

haney,banks and zimbardo study showed how behavior changes when ones behavior changes when we lose our personal identity.For example in WWII when they wore uniforms.they felt like they were anonymous as individuals.Therefore,When we lose our identity we act more agressive.

key IRL examples:Nazi Germany,black friday riot behavior

supporting studies of diendividuation

Zimbardo Et Al

Haney and banks

examples of dindividuation IRL

tribal cultures e.g the klu klux klan

social issues and the bystander effect

social issues in society can be explained by the bystander effect otherwise known as genonvese syndrome.this can be backed up by the fact that peoples’ responsiblility diffuses in groups.one example of this is how the German citezins behaved in Nazi germany.they did not help because the cost of helping was too high and that no one else did it.Therefore the bystander one strength of this study is practical application(where a real world scenerio/event can be explained by a phenomenon).This is a strong example of this.

individualistic culture

this refers to typically weatern countries that emphasize autonomy and individuality

examples of countries that display a individualistic type of culture

USA, GREAT BRITAIN

collectivistic culture

refers to typically eastern countries that emphasize group membership,interdependance and cooperation

examples of countries that display a collectivistic type of culture

Jordan,China