PSY 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Michael Walzer, William A. Gamson, Social Forces
23 Nov 2020
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Just as social influence processes can breed subservience to authority, they can also breed rebellion and defiance. this phenomenon, too, was seen during world war ii. Civil protest in berlin in which the non-jewish wives of 2000 newly captured jews congregated outside the prison. Soon they were filling the streets chanting and refusing to leave. After eight days of protest, the defiant women prevailed. Fearing the negative impact on public opinion, the nazis backed down and released the men. Then he told each of the group members to get in front of the camera and express the company"s viewpoint. Then he told them to sign an affidavit giving the company permission to edit the tapes for use in court. You can see how the obedience script was supposed to unfold. Actually, only one of 33 groups even came close to following the script. In all others, people became incensed by the coordinator"s behaviour and refused to continue.
