PSYC 261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Chameleon, Suggestibility, Social Proof
12 Oct 2016
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Compliance: conformity that involves publicly acting accord to a private. Obedience: a type of compliance involving acting in accord to a type of action. Acceptance: conformity that involves both acting and believing in accordance to social pressure. Conformity: a change in behavior or belief as the result of real or imagined group pressure. Asked groups of men to determine how much the point of light had moved the responses of the men changed markedly. Six confederates gave incorrect answers to see if participant would agree even if he knew it was the incorrect answer. Tested what happens when the demands of authority clash with the demands of conscience. Teacher shocks learner at the insistence of experimenter. 65% of participants continued beyond expectations (450 volts) Screams from the other room; eventually no sound is heard extremely distressing for the teacher; experimenter continues to push teacher to give shocks. Critics said his experiment stressed the participants against their will.
