PSYC 1002 Lecture Notes - Stanford Prison Experiment, Collectivism
22 Apr 2013
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Power structure: associated with influences of each other: norms and roles. Psychological mechanisms, used to regulate social behavior within groups. Norms are rules, implicit or explicit established by groups to regulate behavior of their members. Roles are coherent, set of behavior, specify how people should behave. Four factors: characteristics of the situation, expectancy of others, the attitude we have about the role, the prescription of the role: conformity. A change in behavior or belief to accord with people. Meaning: to be affected by other people"s behavior. Acting differently when we are in groups rather than how we would act if we were alone. Subjects of the experiment were asked to match a standard line, with one of the three comparison lines. Informative influence: confusing situations/ leading us to look for someone who can tell us what to do. (reliance on others)
