Social and group influences
•Hazing
–Part of a group’s initiation ritual, during which individuals are subjected to a variety of behaviors that range from humiliating and unpleasant to potentially dangerous both physically and psychologically
•Conformity
–Any behaviors you perform because of group pressure, even though that pressure might not involve direct requests
Social and group influences
•Compliance
–Kind of conformity in which we give in to social pressure in our public responses but do not change our private beliefs
•Foot-in-the-door technique
–Technique of starting with a little request to gain eventual compliance with a later request
•Obedience
–Performing some behavior in response to an order given by someone in a position of power or authority
–Milgram’s experiment