Lesson 21:

Social Influence
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
- It characterized by a changed in your behavior
caused by the people that empower you to adjust
to a particular situation.
- Whether someone agrees or disagrees with you,
it influences your behavior that may help or
hinder your social roles.
- It happens when you change your behavior to
adapt to social demands.
SOCIAL INFLUENCE is CATEGORIZED BY:
CONFORMITY
- is changing your behavior to be the same with the
others in the group.
COMPLIANCE
- is granting a request or demand asked by another
individual in exchange of either a reward or a punishment
OBEDIENCE
- means changing your behavior to follow the demand
given by an authority or an adult you have high regards
with.
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
• You can choose either to conform, to
comply, or to obey depending on how well
you perceive yourself and how others see
you.
• Comparing your self-perception with
others’ perception of you has contributed to
your thoughts that influence your behavior.
SOCIAL INFLUENCE
• You are becoming responsible for your thoughts
and behaviors as you adapt to the needs of the
situations in the same manner that you have self-
control that empowers you to regulate your
behavior to make positive choices in life.
• The change in your behavior therefore enhances
your role in becoming a follower and a leader
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
It refers to the connections that exist between people
who have recurring interactions that are perceived by the
participants to have personal meaning.
This includes relationships between family members,
friends, neighbors, fellow workers, and other associates.
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
 Family relationships, or relatives are people we are connected through
some form of kinships, such as parents, brothers and sisters,
grandparents, aunts, and uncles or step-parents.
 Friends are people we are not related to but chose to interact with. A
friend is a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of
mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.
 Acquaintances are people who may encounter oftentimes, but not friends
or relatives.
 Community relationships simply described as neighbor
FILIPINO RELATIONSHIPS
• Filipino’s perspective in building family
relationship is focused on establishing
close ties
• Filipinos are very hospitable and friendly
people.
• Filipinos are very family oriented