PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Minimal Group Paradigm, Pluralistic Ignorance, Derogation
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Seizure study: fewer people help if others seem available. Smoke filled room: individual vs. 3 person group reporting smoke: % individual reporting smoke is much much higher than % group. Pluralistic ignorance: disjunction between private beliefs and public behaviours. Decide which line is the same as the standard line. 75% of people conformed at least once. On any given trial, conformity occurred 1/3 of the time. Sometimes we conform just to fit in, to feel less discomfort. 1 dissenter who is wrong: conformity drops to 14% Groups are most powerful when they are unanimous. Most people think they are better than others: 25% think they are in the top 1, __% think that they are better than the average. More people like a certain letter better if their initial/name contains that letter. Extend our self-serving biases to whatever we identify with, such as our in- groups.
