PSY220H1 Lecture 1: PSY220 - Part I Notes (Lec 1-3)
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Inflated illusion persisted (although less and less strongly) for five generations of ps. Mood linkage people within same work groups tended to share up and down moods. The werther effect suicides, fatal auto accidences and private airplane crashes increase after well-publicized suicides a. Increase happens only in areas where suicide story publicized. The ethics of milgram"s studies: critics said milgram stressed his ps against their will, p"s self-concepts may have been altered, but 84% of ps said they were glad to have participated, only 1% regretted volunteering. What breeds obedience: victim"s emotional distance, 2) authority"s closeness and legitimacy, 3) whether the authority was part of respected institution or not, 4) disobedient fellow p. Instead of conducting study at yale university, milgram set up in a modest commercial building, learner-has-a-heart-condition study run with same personnel: obedience rate 48% still high, but significantly lower than 65%
