BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Fundamental Attribution Error, Collectivism, Groupthink
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Groups o o o o o o o. Norms: a scale of values, which defines a range of acceptable or unacceptable attitudes or behaviors for members of a social unit o by groups to regulate the behavior of their members o o people in specific positions within a group or social settings. Subjects were asked to match a standard line with one of three other lines o o responding with obviously incorrect answers creating a situation in which asch evaluated subjects conformity o incorrect answers once. Confusing situations lead us to look for someone o who can tell us what to do o o from responsibility o others expectations o. The bystander effect: people are less likely to are alone than when they are in a group o provide help when they are in groups then when they are alone o individuals when they work in groups as compared to when they work by themselves.