Agentic shift - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

AQA GCSE Psychology (9-1) Social Influence Flashcards How does agency theory/agentic shift affect obedience? - correct answers(He told me to do it) People feel no responsibility for their actions because they are carrying out someone else's wishes How does anonymity affect conformity? - correct answersConformity decreases when participants answer in private because their is no fear of rejection and no way to look at the answers of others therefore there is no way you can conform to...

AQA GCSE Psychology (9-1) Social Influence Flashcards How does agency theory/agentic shift affect obedience? - correct answers(He told me to do it) People feel no responsibility for their actions because they are carrying out someone else's wishes How does anonymity affect conformity? - correct answersConformity decreases when participants answer in private because their is no fear of rejection and no way to look at the answers of others therefore there is no way you can conform to...

6 steps of minority influence creating social change (Hint: DCDASS) - Drawing Attention- draws attention to issue Consistency- consistent message about issue Deeper processing of the issue- starting to think about issue Augmentation principle- commitment Snowball effect- minority becomes the majority Social Cryptomnesia- change has happened but people don't remember how Agency theory - A person is in an autonomous state until they are confronted by an authority figure. They will then un...

Definition of obedience -ANSWER A form of compliance that occurs when people follow direct commands with higher power, formal Agentic State Theory -ANSWER an explanation of obedience where an individual carries orders from an authority figure, failing to take responsibility as we are acting behalf of an authority figure Who stated the agentic state theory? -ANSWER Milgram Key terms for the agentic state theory -ANSWER Autonomous state, agentic shift What is the autonomous state? ...

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Conformity: internalisation, compliance, identification, situational factors affecting conformity (group size, task difficulty, unanimity/social support), dispositional factors affecting conformity (confidence, expertise, gender), Asch’s Line Study Social Roles: Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment, Orlando’s Psychiatric Ward Experiment, BBC Prison Study Obedience to Authority: Milgram’s Shock Experiment, situational factors affecting obedience (presence of allies, proximity of victi...

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What is obedience? A form of social influence in which an individual follows a direct order from a figure of authority. What was Milgram's (1964) study? Milgram (1964) sought an answer to why such a high proportion of the German population obeyed Hitler's commands to murder over 6 million Jews in the Holocaust and other social groups during WW2. Procedure: 40 US men were given the role of TEACHER through a fixed draw - ordered to administer (fake) electric shocks to LEARNER (confederate)...

Question 01 One explanation for the resistance to social influence is locus of control. When individuals have an internal locus of control, they are less likely to blindly obey authority figures as they are less likely to make the shift to agentic state because they believe they are responsible for their actions. They are also less likely to demonstrate normative social influence as they are less influenced by what others think. Another explanation for the resistance to social influence is...