PSYC 360 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Stanford Prison Experiment, Social Proof, Normative Social Influence
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Non-social/minimal groups three or more people that interact minimally and are not interdependent. Social groups three or more people who interact and are interdependent. Evolution (resources), self-esteem and need for belongingness, helps resolve ambiguity (informational social influence), helps define acceptable behavior (normative social influence) Social norms implicit or explicit rules dictating all individual behavior in groups. Social norms apply to all members in the group, and most groups have very well defined social norms. Social roles shared expectations in a group about how certain people are supposed to behave. Going along with the group and social roles have helped us, however there is a problem with people saying others cannot act outside their social role: social roles are extremely powerful. Stanford prison experiment: students randomly assigned to be guards and prisoners, turned stanford psych department basement into mock prison. Guards: wore khaki uniforms, given whistle, nightstick, and reflective sunglasses.
