name and explain two examples of social influence u have experienced in the past week?

Answer 1

I recently moved onto a remote property where only myself, my partner, and one other person live permanently. The owners visit from timetotime to carry out some work with the stock.

The other person who lives here changes her opinions about things, most things, when the owners come to visit.

While there are only three of us here she talks openly and honstly about how things are going with the property and the stock and the infrastructure. When the owners arrive she adopts thier views of each topic and when they leave she reverts back to her own thoughts on the subject.

Answer 2

Standing in line is a good example, but note that this custom is not universal - many societies simply do no "queue up", as I believe Disney found in Europe or Japan.

Clothes also reflects the expected standards of society - we can readily pick out people that wear clothing that is not the norm, and they are typically (although they may not consciously realize it) making an antisocial statement with their mode of dress.

Watching people converse in different societies is also interesting. When talking to someone in the US, there is a space between the talkers and if you move into this space, you make the other person uncomfortable - and they may not realize why. The amount of comfort zone between speakers varies in different countries.

I suspect that the topic manners is fertile territory for mining societal pressures and differences.

Answer 3

people holding the door open for others, this is supposed to be a gesture of good manners, also men not talking in public restrooms is another unwritten norm. i always thought it was to discourage the listener or talker to look at the other man, since this is natural in conversations, but not exactly desirable in a restroom for obvious reasons.

Answer 4

sounds like homework :)

I waited in line for the bus. While no one tells you you must get in line, it's "civilized" and therefore a product of humans agreeing on informal guidelines.