PSYC 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dispositional Attribution, Fundamental Attribution Error, Jane Elliot
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Internal psychology- attributes causes of human behavior to internal agents (ex. External psychology- attributes causes of human behavior to experience. The environment can be for a positive change and allow social ills to be overcome but the environment can also be a force of evil. Wwii and the holocaust we"re on the mind of social psychologists. ex. Germans are like other people; they were led to commit atrocities by the nazis. (social environment) The participant did not know that deception was used. The confederates would get it all right one time then mess it up the next time. Up to 37% of the time, subject went along with the wrong answer. However, the size of the group matters (still do the wrong thing). Once you get to 5,6,7, things leveled off and go down. But the presence of a single dissenter greatly reduces conformity. (moral courage)
