PSY 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Clairvoyance, Social Influence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2110
• Professor: M L Laliberte

Document Summary

Article 2: human use of subjects- the problem of deception in social psychological experiments by. Widespread use of deception in ss experiments has serious ethical implications ( harm to subject as well as the subject experimenter relationship), methodical implications ( decreasing naivet of subjects), and future implications for the discipline. Need to fix this by increasing awareness of the problem, counteracting or minimizing the effects of deception after its used develop new experimental techniques instead of deception. Article 3- social influence on paranormal belief: popular versus scientific support by heather ridolofo, Which source of influence has a greater influence on our belief system. How others influences our belief system is known as social influence. Paranormal belief in this article includes esp, psychic or spiritual heling, clairvoyance, and ghost. Underlying issue addressed is public"s trust is scientific finding. Belief in paranormal activity increased in the us. More than half believe in psychic or spiritual healing o esp.