PSYC 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Stanford Prison Experiment, Reciprocal Altruism, Murder Of Kitty Genovese
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What they [social psychologists?] believe behavior is a ected as much, in uenced as much by social situations. *our behavior is in uenced as much by social situations not just beliefs or whatever social situations play a key role. Role: pattern of behavior expected from a person when the person is in a speci c situation. Video one had psychosomatic rash other was getting depressed this is crazy, getting crazy, you are not prisoners and guards you do what is expected in the situation. John wayne prisoner one guard decided he would be the most cruel, intimidating guard he could be began to see behavior of prisoners as an a ront to their authority fascinated that people were believing the act. [wanted to see how far could take it] researchers not standing over their soldier, [so guards had to. Gure out how to handle it] guards began to think of them as dangerous prisoners rebellion on rst night.
