PSY 0010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Social Influence, Fokker E.Ii, Psy
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Social influence: one student left the classroom and when she returned, everyone stood up and faced the back of the room a. i. This is influence resulting from a person"s desire to gain approval or avoid rejection a. ii. The person does not want to stand out or be rejected by the group b. The group may provide valuable information that i do not have b. ii. Participants were randomly assigned to be a teacher or a learner b. ii. The teacher was to test the learner on a list of word pairs b. iii. If the learner answered incorrectly, the teacher was to shock the learner b. iv. With each incorrect answer, the teacher was to administer a harsher shock b. v. Eventually, the teacher hears the learner in pain, but the experimenter tells the teacher that they must keep administering the shocks: milgram"s obedience studies video c. i. The learner was a confederate, and was not actually receiving the electric shocks c. ii.
