Psychology 2070A/B Final: 2070Final Notes.doc

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2070A/B
• Professor: Richard Sorrentino

Document Summary

Might simply want to be liked or to avoid conflict. Sherif investigated conformity in situations where the correct judgment was ambiguous. Asch investigated conformity in situations where the correct judgment was obvious. Sherif"s autokinetic effect studies: order of the solar temple mass suicide. Defining conformity, compliance & obedience: changes in behaviour caused by other people, conformity most general & refers to any chance in behaviour caused by another person or group. Chapter 8: limited to changes in behaviour caused by other people; it does not refer to a change in behaviour that is requested by. Illusion occurs b/c no other visual frame of reference is available to locate the light & partly b/c of the occasional rapid movements of your eye. 1st study asked men participating individually to report how far the light appeared to move (reported movements ranged from 1-25cm) *during the last session, the participants in these groups were broken up & made their judgments alone.