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Chapter 6

WHAT IS SOCIAL INFLUENCE? CONFORMITY
Automatic Mimicry and the Chameleon Effect
Informational Social Influence and Sherif's
Conformity Experiment
Normative Social Influence and Asch's Conformity
Experiment
Factors Affecting Conformity Pressures
The Influence of Minority Opinion on the Majority

OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY
The Setup of the Milgram Experiments
Opposing Forces
Would You Have Obeyed?

COMPLIANCE
Reason-Based Approaches
Emotion-Based Approaches

RESISTING SOCIAL INFLUENCE