Lab 7 Social Influence worksheet PDF

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Lab 7 Social Influence worksheet, in this worksheet for human thought and behavior I discuss social influence with pro issues and anti issues....

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PSYC112 ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATE (SOCIAL INFLUENCE WORKSHEET) Assignment: Social Influence Worksheet Name: Sophie Lilley Lab Number:106A QUESTION 1.

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DESCRIBE THE HYPOTHESES OF THIS EXPERIMENT. 1. For commented issues, participants opinions would shift towards the direction if the comments they read. 2. For control issues, there would be little or no change in participants opinions.

QUESTION 2.

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WHAT WERE THE PREDICTED FINDINGS FOR THE SHIFT SCORES? Shift scores for control issues We expected to see no change between phase 1 and phase 3 ratings for the control issues (1,3, and 5) Shift scores for PRO issues We expect to see a shift to the left (in favor) between phase 1 and phase 3 ratings for those who read pro statements for issues 2,4 and 6 Shift scores for ANTI issues We expected to see a shift to the right (more against) between phase 1 and phase 3 ratings for those who read ANTI statements for issues 2,4 and 6.

QUESTION 3.

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WHY DID THE EXPERIMENT INCLUDE ISSUES WITH NO COMMENTS? People who have not had a lot of knowledge in the issues with no comments, are less likely to have established a strong opinion on the subject, making them more susceptible to social influence. Participants in this experiment would be less likely to change their minds based on social influence comments, depending on their prior exposure to the topic and how much the issue currently concerns them. QUESTION 4.

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WOULD YOU EXPECT THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON PERSONAL OPINIONS TO LAST OVER TIME? WHY OR WHY NOT? (HINT: LINK YOUR ANSWERS TO INFORMATIONAL AND NORMATIVE INFLUENCE) It depends what you are presented with in the media, there are lots of different ways people interpret media and issues dependent on their opinions. So your personal opinions of issues will change over time. This is Informational social influence, we may change our beliefs or opinions based on information presented to us by others, if we are uncertain on what we think about an issue you may look to others, example looking online for articles ad opinions of others on a specific topic. Our opinions could change through speaking with others about

specific topics, to fit in or be liked, to avoid embarrassment and ostracism. We may conform to group norms to gain acceptance; this is normative social influence....