PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Stanford Prison Experiment, Personal Distress, Fundamental Attribution Error
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This knowledge allows me to give more weight to the situation and less to invariant personal trait (clumsiness: or maybe it"s this . Temporary and super cial change: outward compliance, inward maintenance of previous beliefs (asch study, sherif paradigm: private acceptance, social comparison theory, we want to know if our opinions are corrects and how good our abilities are. To the extent that physical reality is ambiguous, we are dependent upon social reality : compare our performance to others, one power that the group has is informational power (more in uential when evaluation is ambiguous or uncertain) If learner is in another room, more compliance. If teacher could choose shocks never picked over 45 volts. In some cases, it is rewarding to help. 2 pathways to helping (someone in need): personal distress (guilt, anxiety, and discomfort, helping can satisfy both sel sh and noble motives. Empathy (sympathy and compassion for the person: catherine (kitty) genovese case, darley & latane.
