Question

Social Influence.

What are other ways that social influence can impact behavior? Discuss at least two examples from the book (e.g., Milgram's experiment, Stanford Prison study, etc.) and examples that you may have noticed in your own life.

Answer 1

Social influence can impact behavior as the society can act as a positive or negative reinforce of our behavior. For example, if we do well in our class presentation and we are applauded by the teacher and fellow students next time our performance will improve due to positive improvement. Another reason being the fact that Social facilitation; can improve our performance in society. Playing soccer in front of the audience leads to an improvement in the performance of the players.