PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Wags, Groupthink, Fundamental Attribution Error
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A dog gets excited and wags its tail when a food bowl is picked up to be fed. Chapter 8: behavior in social and cultural context. Rules that regulate social life, including explicit laws and implicit cultural conventions. Holding the door open, saying p"s and q"s, don"t cuss in front of adults, don"t date your friend"s ex, etc. ) Culture social position that is governed by a set of norms for proper behavior. Program of shared rules that govern the behavior of people in a community or society, and a set of values, beliefs, and customs shared by members of that community. He used electric shocks to test the obedience of people giving the shocks. A row of buttons, each set with a certain voltage that one person would inflict on another. 40 males between the ages 20 and 50. The victim was in on the experiment, meaning that they did not technically get shocked.
