PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Informed Consent, Random Assignment, Internal Validity
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Social psychology: the study of social processes: how the presence of others affects the way we think, feel, and behave, social situations can be real or imagined, explaining and predicting behavior. Comparing social psychology to other social sciences: Power of the situation: situations can often determine behavior despite individual differences, nazi germany: Were nazi soldiers somehow unusual, or were most of them normal people who found themselves in unusual situations: milgram"s study of obedience: Experiment described as a study of learning. Participants instructed to shock another participant for any wrong answers. The other participant is a confederate who never receives any real shocks. Shock level increased for each wrong answer. Shock levels ranged from 15 volts (slight shock) to 450 volts (danger: severe shock). During the experiment, the confederate begins to scream in pain and demand that the experiment end. Later, the confederate stops making any sounds, indicating he may be possibly injured or dead.
