Social Influence Assignment

Due Aug 2, 2020 by 11:59pm
Points 30
Submitting a discussion post

Using Table 12.2 in your text which discusses nine types of social influence, choose three types of social influence and describe an example you have personally experienced or witnessed of this type of social influence (8 points x 3= 24 points). Your first choices should be things you have directly experienced, but if you are not able to come up with anything then you can use something you have read about or seen a video depicting. For your answer, identify and describe the type of influence you have chosen, then describe your example and how it relates. Each description and example should be a minimum of one full paragraph.

Then, read and substantively reply to the posts of two of your classmates (3 points x 2= 6 points).

Table 12.2 summarizing the types of social influence.
TYPE OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE	DESCRIPTION
Conformity	Changing your behavior to go along with the group even if you do not agree with the group.
Compliance	Going along with a request or demand.
Normative Social Influence	Conformity to a group norm to fit in, feel good, and be accepted by the group.
Informational Social Influence	Conformity to a group norm prompted by the belief that the group is competent and has the correct information.
Obedience	Changing your behavior to please an authority figure or to avoid aversive consequences.
Groupthink	Group members modify their opinions to match what they believe is the group consensus.
Group Polarization	Strengthening of the original group attitude after discussing views within a group.
Social Facilitation	Improved performance when an audience is watching versus when the individual performs the behavior alone.
Social Loafing	Exertion of less effort by a person working in a group because individual performance cannot be evaluated separately from the group, thus causing performance decline on easy tasks.