Lecture 7 - conformity and obedience

Question 1

defintion conformity

Answer 1

by real or imagined presence of others

Question 2

defintion of compliance

Answer 2

requested by others

Question 3

defintion of obedience

Answer 3

pressure by authority

not optional

Question 4

defintion of acceptance

Answer 4

out of genuine belief

Question 5

autokinetic illusion

Answer 5

pitch dark room
illusion of a blinking light moving
experiment showed internalizing of group judgement

Question 6

Werther effect

Answer 6

increased suicide rate after media coverage

Question 7

normative social influence

Answer 7

you know the right answer but do not say it due to social pressure

Question 8

Asch experiment

Answer 8

judge length of lines

Question 9

group size and conformity

Answer 9

increases

asymptotic after 6

Question 10

predictors for comformity in Asch

Answer 10

low self-esteem

a good friend in the group

Question 11

predictors of deviance in Asch

Answer 11

one allied actor also giving correct answer

Question 12

what influences belongingness

Answer 12

normative influece

private

Question 13

what influences control

Answer 13

informational influence

public

Question 14

in which situation is conformity a heuristic

Answer 14

emergency situations

Question 15

four conditions for obedience

Answer 15

authority must be legitimate
must take responsibility
norms of obedience must be salient
other norms not salient

Question 16

predeictors of deviance in Milgram

Answer 16

physical prxomity to student

Question 17

nurse study

Answer 17

variation on Milgram

21 of 22 would kill if asked by a doctor

Question 18

banality of evil

Answer 18

killers often do not have a disorder
have normal motives
routinization, focus on efficiency

Question 19

scope of justice

Answer 19

to whom does justice apply?

Question 20

dimensions of moral exclusion

Answer 20

1. denial of goods
2. denial of rights
3. denial of fair and respectful treatment
   build a slippery slope

Question 21

criticism on Arendt

Answer 21

people commiting genocide genuinely hate their victims

Question 22

virteous violence theory

Answer 22

most violence is morally motivated, feels right

Question 23

foor roots of evil by Baumeister

Answer 23

intrumental
threatened ego
idealism (most dangerous)
sadism (rarest)

Question 24

biggest threat to just world theory

Answer 24

an innocent victim

Question 25

five correlates of just world theory

Answer 25

believe in institutions
religion
conservatism
high self-esteem
low depression

Question 26

magnitude gap

Answer 26

offenders and victims have different interpretations, favoring their side
(but stronger in offenders)