PSY 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Murder Of Kitty Genovese, Influenza Vaccine, Kryptonite

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 161
• Professor: Professor Elliot

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Being fed up of people persuaded you, so you do the opposite of what they want, you try to figure out what they want you to do, and then you do the exact opposite. You can ironically be more controlled by the person persuading you because you always do the opposite of what they want you to do. Sometimes you won"t even think about doing something until you"re told to not do something, then you all of a sudden can"t wait to do that thing they tell you. Psychological phenomenon based on physical metaphor (what the fuck is he talking about) Flu shot example, given a small dose of flu, so that your body produces antibiotics to counter it and builds immunity to it. Exposing people to weak attacks on their attitudes so they can better refute stronger attacks. First were taught to respond to pro-smoking ads and peer pressure around smoking. Given arguments as to why one shouldn"t smoke.