PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Fundamental Attribution Error, Milgram Experiment, Hazing
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External: stability, fundamental attribution error, defensive attribution, self-serving bias, individualism vs. collectivism. Conformity and obedience: asch experiment, milgram experiment, the difference a symbol of authority makes e. g. , a lab coat, knowledge and social support increase the likelihood of resistance to authority. Norm formation: norms can be arbitrary, pervasive and unintentional, norm violation examples. Groups: who am i, categorize self-descriptions into group and non-group identifications, what is a group, is this class a group. Why do we form groups: schutz"s (1958) fundamental. Are groups good or bad: conformity, obedience, diffusion of responsibility, deindividuation, panic, the risky shift, groupthink, anonymity, social loafing, social, moral, and language development, sense of membership and identity, charity, emotional comfort, support, social facilitation, cooperation, survival. It creates the illusion of consensus for violence and extreme acts. Convergence: deindividuation alone cannot explain all these phenomena, riots, lynchings, mobs, wartime attrocities, police beatings, road rage, escape panics, cheering at sporting events, spring break behavior, mardi.
