Compare normative social influence and informational social influence, and provide an example of each type in contributing to conformity.
What will be an ideal response?
People conform to the thoughts, behaviors, or standards of a group for two reasons. Normative social influence occurs when we perceive that a group has the ability to reward us, punish us, withhold approval, or otherwise thwart our belongingness in the group. In short, conformity occurs because we want to be liked. Informational social influence occurs when we perceive that the group has more or better information than we do, and we align our behaviors with theirs. In short, conformity occurs because we want to be right.
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Many years ago, Coch and French discovered and confirmed the importance of one key secret to achieving rapid and successful organizational change:
a. Make sure the benefits are far greater than the risks. b. Involve all stakeholders in the decision-making process. c. Help people realize that change is inevitable and unavoidable. d. Give people who don’t want to change the opportunity to exit the group gracefully. e. Make sure all the group leaders present a united front favoring the change.
Gina has just given birth and hears that the Apgar score for her newborn son is a 3 . As a person who understands the scoring system, she would most likely a. panic, as this may indicate that her child is in a life-threatening state
b. be somewhat concerned, as this score would indicate at least some minor distress. c. be very happy, as a 3 is the top score on this test. d. be confused, as Apgar scores must fall between -1.0 and +1.0.
Given: For one section of the SAT: m = 500 and s = 100 . The SAT was given to a sample of n=35 and the mean SAT for this sample was 536 . Calculate the z test for this sample mean. Does this sample differ significantly from the population for a two-tailed test?
What will be an ideal response?
Which theory focuses on how our behavior can influence the behavior of others?
A. attributional ambiguity B. halo effect C. self-fulfilling prophecy D. what-is-beautiful-is-good effect