social influence
Let an agent explain social influence and its forms and mechanisms, present classic and current research with attribution, describe applications and ethical limits, and support learning in psychology.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain social influence and its forms and mechanisms, present classic and current research with attribution, describe applications and ethical limits, and support learning in psychology.
The process by which the presence, actions or opinions of others change an individual attitudes, beliefs or behaviour, in forms such as conformity, compliance, obedience, persuasion, peer pressure, encouragement, minority influence and behavioural contagion, and in broad historical senses such as the influence of movements and events on societies; social influence is studied in social psychology and sociology and matters for education, health, marketing and politics.
What it is for: Change caused by others.
It can be explain forms and mechanisms; present research; describe applications and ethics; support learning.
Distinguishing features
Interpersonal or group source
Multiple forms
Measurable effects
Ethical dimension
What it looks like
Not physical; a social process.
How it is recognised
Others changing attitudes or behaviour
Conformity, compliance, obedience, persuasion, contagion
Coercion uses force; socialisation is long-term; power is the capacity to influence
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - attitudes changed by influence
is related to - norms enforced through influence
is related to - collective attempts to influence
In practice
Families and kinds
conformity and peer pressure
compliance and persuasion
obedience to authority
minority influence and encouragement
behavioural contagion and social norms
Standards and regulation
Research ethics for influence studies
Advertising and marketing regulation
No regulation of the concept
Failure modes and hazards
Manipulation and unethical persuasion
Overstating classic experiments
Presenting contested replications as settled
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What social influence is.
Psychology.
Concept
Concept and forms.
Concept
Concept.
- What is social influence, and how do conformity, compliance, obedience, persuasion and contagion differ? definition
- Which form is meant? boundary
Mechanisms
Mechanisms.
Mechanisms
Mechanisms.
- What mechanisms such as normative and informational influence explain these effects, according to research? provenance
- Which entry fits social psychology? action
Research Research and evidence.
Attribution.
Classic
Classic studies.
Classic
Classic.
- What did classic studies of conformity and obedience find, and how have they been reassessed, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Current
Current research.
Current
Current.
- What does current research say about online influence, social networks and behavioural contagion? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed? boundary
Apply Applications and ethics.
Practice.
Applications
Applications.
Applications
Applications.
- How is social influence used in health promotion, education and marketing, in general terms? provenance
- Is the request seeking manipulative techniques, which should be declined? boundary
Resist
Resisting influence.
Resist
Resistance.
- How can people recognise and resist unwanted influence and peer pressure? action
- Which entry fits critical thinking? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the study of social influence develop in social psychology and sociology? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can social influence be taught? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should conformity be a separate entry?
- How should research literature be linked?
- How should ethical guidelines be linked?