PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peer Pressure
11 Apr 2018
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Peer pressure: normative and information pressures to conform. Results: the participant said an average student is more likely to be comfortable with drinking on campus but for themselves they comfort level was lower. Iv: witness makeup: participant alone, participant+ stranger, participant + impassive confederate, participant+friend, dv: % of trails in which judy is o ered help within 2 minutes. Results: when the participant was alone the chances of helping judy within 2 minutes were at. 70% and as they were put with a stranger the chances lowered to 40% and as they were put with a impassive confederate the chances lowered to 10%. However, when the participant was with a friend the chances of helping judy went up to 80%. Iv: number of perceived witnesses to seizure: participant + either 0,2,4 witness. Dv: % of trials in which participant helps within 2 minutes of start of seizure. Results: 80% trials the participant helped within 2 minutes when the seizure happened.
