PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Construals, Stationary Point, Social Proof
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Obedience, compliance and conformity: obedience following the demands of someone who is higher in social power than oneself milgram experiment. Milgram experiment shows the power of social influence. 62. 5% of participants completed the experiment: same effects for both men and women. People obeyed because their feeling of responsibility for one"s actions is transferred to other people: the experimenter said he was responsible for everything that happened. Also obeyed because of the step by step situation. It was a slippery slope until 450 volts: compliance agreeing to the request of another person regardless of that person"s status. Doing a favour, giving to charity, buying a product. Many different techniques that can increase compliance. Based on the desire to be accurate. 4: might answer the question wrong so you belong line judgment study (asch, 1956) . Minority influence: minority opinion can change the majority opinion. Psyb10 lecture 6 fall 2015 jessica da cunha.
