PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Proof, Molecular Genetics, Sexual Orientation
30 Sep 2016
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Obedience to authority authority (one of or both types of these powers: legitimate power vs. expertise. Legitimate- normative social influence, boss at work (decide whether you get hired or fired or a raise), police officer (tell you to leave your car and you don"t they can punish you), Boss at work has both most likely- hire you and information to tell people below you what to do. If you pretend to be a police officer and tell people to pick up trash, people are more likely to do it. If he asked me to move seats for the day i would most likely do it. He knows more about pysch and he could fail me if i didn"t listen. But syllabus has a grading contract so he can"t actually fail me because i didn"t move: milgram"s research on obedience. In the past we learned if we reward people for being right they learn faster.
