PSYC 1200 Lecture Notes - Henri Tajfel, Fundamental Attribution Error, Mind Control
11 Dec 2013
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Everyone has personal opinions about religion, politics, morality, how to live, etc. Attitudes can be individual, derived from personal reflection and experience or attitudes can be given by some external source. An external influence on attitude which involves the unquestioning acceptance of attitudes given by authority figures (e. g. religious or political leaders, experts , parents etc. ) An external influence on attitude which involves the unquestioning acceptance of attitudes provided by tradition (e. g. cultural practices and beliefs, religious rituals). Suggested that the need to conform is powerful motivation. Showed a group of 8 participants a test line to compare with three other lines. Test line: ______ a: ______ b: ___ c: ____________ Participants were asked which line was the same length as the test line. The first 7 participants were actors and said confidently, line b! . 1/3 of the people agreed with the wrong judgments more than 50% of the time; 1/5 of the people were completely independent.
