PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Social Influence

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There are two sections to social psychology: 1. Social cognition: the study of how we perceive an evaluate others: 2. Social influence: the study of the ways in which people influence each others behaviours, beliefs, and attitudes. Obedience when you agree to a direct request or command. Conformity when going along with others believes and/or behaviours because of social pressure. A study experimenting who would be fully obedient in a nervous situation. 65% were fully obedient: subject could not hear person being shocked but was aware they were being shocked by him pressing the button. 62. 5% were fully obedient: subject could hear actor in the next room screaming from being shocked but observer was still telling the subject to press the button. 40% were fully obedient: actor starts screaming that he has a heart problem and subject is still being told to press the button. The fourth condition is the touch proximity.

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