PSY 2012 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Stanford Prison Experiment, Physical Attractiveness, Cognitive Dissonance
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After receiving contact comfort, he looked around the room: doesn"t matter if your mom really is your natural mom, two types of motivation: Extrinsic: when we do something to either get or avoid something from environment. Intrinsic: when we do something to either get or avoid something internally: all behaviors are based on either approach causes or avoidance causes. Stanford prison experiment: guards became more dominant and prisoners became more submissive, values, beliefs, and attitudes are more malleable and less de ned than visual perspectives, groupthink is a process where there is a strong in uence, characteristics: Rationalization: members explain away warning signs and help each other rationalize their decision. Lack of introspection: members don"t examine the ethical implications of their decisions because they believe that they can"t make immoral choices. Stereotyping: members stereotype their enemies as weak, stupid, or unreasonable. Pressure: members pressure each other not to question the prevailing opinion.
