PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Trait Theory
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: attributes causes of human behavior to internal agents (eg. personality trait) View: germans are an inherently warmongering ppl. : attributes causes of human behavior to experience. The envi can be a force for positive change and allow social ills to be overcome. However the envi can also be a force of evil. View: germans are like other ppl, they were led to commit atrocities by the. Would ordinary ppl conform to the behavior of the people around them even when they know that behavior is wrong? the participant sat in a room with a group of confederates of the researcher. The participant did not know that deception was used. Up to 37% of the time, subjects went along w the wrong answer, however the size of the group matters the presence of a single dissenter greatly reduces conformity. americans conform somewhat less now than in the past.
