PS270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Stanley Milgram
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A change in behavior or belief as a result of real or imagined group pressure. 2 types of conformity: compliance: conformity that involves publicly acting in accord with social pressure while privately disagreeing, acceptance: conformity that involved both acting and believing in accord with social pressure, https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=e8bydk9jx5e. Participants were placed in a dark room, and saw a bright light move erratically for a few seconds. Participants were asked how far the ligt moved. Next day, they had the same experience in a group setting. The group formed a norm for how far the light had moved (based on judgments from everyone in the group: https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=kfvrxpzc7sg. Subjects in a group were asked to match line lengths. Confederates in the group picked the wrong line. Stanley milgram investigated whether people would follow orders, even when the order violated their ethical standards. Participants thought they were in a study testing the effects of punishment on learning.
