PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stanley Milgram, Influence Of Mass Media, Cognitive Dissonance
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Obedience compliance with another"s demand (even more so when they are unsure about themselves in the situation) Highest when: person giving orders is perceived as legit and is close at hand; authority figure is endorsed by some respected institution; vitim is depersonalized (at least out of sight) Zimbardo did his prison study. (there is a video for stanley milgram too) Stanley milgram (yale university) had the heat taken off him when. Studies were controversial and could never be replicated. His study was fueled by his question of how germans could have persecuted the jews during the. Social loafing individuals tend to invest less effort in group work as agreement, than critical thinking (juries) Group think tendency for people in a cohesive group to focus more on positions held by group members. Polarization tendency for group discussion to strengthen the dominant. Prosocial behaviors & aggression protecting others with no expectation of something in return.
