PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Spreading Activation, Long-Term Memory
11 Apr 2018
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Mitigating information: information that makes you seems you are not that bad of a person as they thought. Iv"s: insulted (yes/control); mitigating information provided (yes/no) People who got mitigating responses were able to change their results and didn"t increase the shock intensity as high as those who didn"t get mitigating information. Rational thought is important and not just a automatic response to think through and alter their response. Participants are told to write easy and exchange them, go to a di erent room, read each other essays and do taste test (iv). The true participants are given his rating of the essay 1-9 shocks. Then they have the chance to rate the confederate"s essay, the confederate essay is really good. Sober individuals rated the essay well; 1 shock. When individuals are sober and told their essays suck; they gave 5 shocks. When individuals are drunk and told their essays suck; they gave 9 shocks.
