Social Influences In Social Psychology
Social Influences can be seen in conformity, obedience to authority and group behavior. At a college, one could see that their dress code composes of blue jeans and t-shirts, whereas those in the New York Wall Street normally wear dress suits. When groups of people come together they form social groups which lead to social influences.
Autonomic Mimicry
An example of autonomic mimicry is, researchers noticed that when a chimp would yawn another one would yawn from just watching. The same thing is observed in humans, and in dogs, even just reading about this can cause yawning. This is just like chameleons when they blend into their background. Just like chameleons, humans tend to take on emotions of those around them. Tanya Chartrand and John …show more content…
A subtle way of conformity is suggestibility and mimicry. Asch’s did an experiment where he found that people are more likely to conform if they (Asch, S. E. (1958). Effects of group pressure upon modification and distortion of judgments. In E. E. Maccoby, T. M. Newcomb, & E. L. Hartley (Eds.), Readings in social psychology (3rd ed., pp. 174-183). New York: Holt, Rinehart & …show more content…
Normal social influence is when someone will do something to avoid rejection or to gain social approval. As humans, we have this natural need to belong. Informal social influence is when people accept others’ opinions about reality (Myers, D. G., & DeWall, C. N. (n.d.). Social Influences. In Psychology in modules. David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall (11th ed., pp. 524-527). New York, NY: Worth) The question is, is conformity good or bad? Well, it depends on the cultures and how they value influences.
Empathy
Autonomic mimicry helps us to empathize. This is why we tend to be happier around people who are happy than those who are depressed. Decety and Cowell captured the general term known for empathy. (Decety, J., & Cowell, J. M. (July 2014). Trends In Cognitive Sciences.
The complex relation between morality and empathy, 18(7), 337-339. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.04.008 ) Empathy is known as “understanding others’ feelings and psychological states” which leads to a process that motivates prosocial behaviors such as “sharing, comforting, and helping,” and generally “caring for others.” Beyond this, there is little to no agreement about the best definition of
Autonomic Mimicry
An example of autonomic mimicry is, researchers noticed that when a chimp would yawn another one would yawn from just watching. The same thing is observed in humans, and in dogs, even just reading about this can cause yawning. This is just like chameleons when they blend into their background. Just like chameleons, humans tend to take on emotions of those around them. Tanya Chartrand and John …show more content…
A subtle way of conformity is suggestibility and mimicry. Asch’s did an experiment where he found that people are more likely to conform if they (Asch, S. E. (1958). Effects of group pressure upon modification and distortion of judgments. In E. E. Maccoby, T. M. Newcomb, & E. L. Hartley (Eds.), Readings in social psychology (3rd ed., pp. 174-183). New York: Holt, Rinehart & …show more content…
Normal social influence is when someone will do something to avoid rejection or to gain social approval. As humans, we have this natural need to belong. Informal social influence is when people accept others’ opinions about reality (Myers, D. G., & DeWall, C. N. (n.d.). Social Influences. In Psychology in modules. David G. Myers and C. Nathan DeWall (11th ed., pp. 524-527). New York, NY: Worth) The question is, is conformity good or bad? Well, it depends on the cultures and how they value influences.
Empathy
Autonomic mimicry helps us to empathize. This is why we tend to be happier around people who are happy than those who are depressed. Decety and Cowell captured the general term known for empathy. (Decety, J., & Cowell, J. M. (July 2014). Trends In Cognitive Sciences.
The complex relation between morality and empathy, 18(7), 337-339. Doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2014.04.008 ) Empathy is known as “understanding others’ feelings and psychological states” which leads to a process that motivates prosocial behaviors such as “sharing, comforting, and helping,” and generally “caring for others.” Beyond this, there is little to no agreement about the best definition of