PSYCH 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Pluralistic Ignorance
13 Sep 2018
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Authority who had the authority and did they have the right to yield the authority. Dissenting peers being in a group of peers that all played roles lomoar cpsd| 2151316. True subject, two peers (confederates, appear as subjects), ehperimenter, shock. One person says whether correct, one reads words pairs, subject gives. At 150 volts, one peer refuses to continue. Peers model how to leave study, show can defy ehperiment, possible. Destroys any pluralistic ignorance, shows peers think it"s an emergency to embarrass. Had peers sit on couch afterwards, gives coercive social power, ability. Diffusion of responsibility decreases as peers drop out. Social power of ehperimenter was decreased, authority reduced. Normative pressure decreased as peers disobey: abdicating responsibility teacher has to order peer to give shock. Reasons without statistical support o legitimacy of the ehperiment. Ehperimenter was scientist, took place in prestigious institute. Moved to bridgeport insignificant difference: fairness of the ehperiment.
