PSYCH 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Deindividuation, Social Influence
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Psych 221 lecture 14 psychology of evil. Not who is responsible, but what is responsible. Dispositional: bad apples, something about the person. Situational: bad barrel, something about the situation that pushes people to do things that they normally wouldn"t do. System: bad barrel makers: no oversight, system contributed. Happens in a situation that you have never experience. Trying to increase good via hero course: do what you ought to do. Seven processes that lead down the slippery slope of evil. De-individuation of the self (anonymity: no strong self-awareness, mask, uniform. Diffusion of personal responsibility: someone else made me do it, just following orders. Blind obedience to authority: not questioning who is telling you what to do, just following their directions. Passive tolerance of evil through inaction/indifference: not saying anything, not taking action. Arrive at laboratory and meet another participant, who indicates they have a heart condition. Draw slip of paper saying that you are teacher.
