PSYC-105 FA4 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Group Polarization, Utto, Optical Illusion
1 Nov 2016
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Set out to collect data about how people obey. 65% of subjects go all the way to the end of the shock board despite what they might initially say about what they might do. Power of the situation if (cid:455)ou put people i(cid:374) the (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:454)t of the situatio(cid:374), it does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)atter who they are. Wanted to see if he could alter the results: varied the proximity of the authority. When orders were given over the phone, obedience drops 21: varied proximity of victim, on shock plate if victim is closer, it became harder to keep hurting them, obedience drops to 30, models of obedience- 93%/disobedience-10% Had people walk out, see if it affected people. Obedie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of su(cid:271)sidiar(cid:455) tasks [(cid:862)(cid:455)ou"re (cid:374)ot the o(cid:374)e pushi(cid:374)g the (cid:271)utto(cid:374)(cid:863)] Gradual commitment: simply ask if they would like to perform an experiment . Can"t rely on the type of people we are to prevent ourselves from doing things-
