Psychology 15 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Milgram Experiment, Williams Syndrome, Hypnosis

• School: Harvard University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 15
• Professor: Joshua Greene

Document Summary

Which denies us insight into the causes of our actions: the bridge, i spy experiment, solving the rope problem. It is because one was swinging, not some insight you had from outside. Our behavior is determined by the situation: milgram experiment. We are manipulated by others: asch line study, hypnosis, foot-in-the-door technique, alt key experiment false confessions, benjamin franklin effect. We are exquisitely tuned to the social world: nice yellow triangle helping the red circle up the hill, woman pressing light with her head, seeing faces in inanimate objects, williams syndrome. We send signals: turning around and smiling after bowling a strike, duchenne smiles, lamborghini like the bower bird"s displays, clever hans. We listen to our bodies: pen in mouth causing smiling, preference of masculine vs. feminine faces during ovulation, men prefer women who are fatter when they are hungry, israeli parole judges.